The two busts do not belong to the original interior design of King Frederick II’s summer palace, built from 1745 to 1747. They replace a similar black portrait pair, also made in polychrome marble, d
The ivory furniture set, created around 1640, had been commissioned by Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen. As Governor of the Dutch West Indies Company in Brazil, Johann Moritz was one of the main protag
Originally, the busts of four Black men and women were part of the sculptural decoration in the First Rondel at Sanssouci Park . The images were probably created by Italian artists in the second half
The so-called "Tip of the Kilimanjaro" – a small chunk of stone in the Grotto Hall at the New Palace, goes back to the first ascent of this massif by Hans Meyer in 1889. Meyer took a rock sample from
Surrounded by insignias of power, costly porcelain objects and emblems for science and art, two female figures are the central focus of the ceiling painting: a white woman wearing a crown and a Black
Frederick William, the Elector of Brandenburg, is shown seated upon his horse like a god, with his head held high and no stirrups. This statue once stood on the bridge known as the Lange Brücke (now R
The painted interior of the round tower room at the royal manor on Peacock Island imitates a hut made of bamboo and palms. The painted scenic views depict a fictive landscape resembling those found in
One of the most unusual objects in the collections housed at the Prussian Palaces and Gardens of Berlin-Brandenburg is an almost 2.90-metre-high bronze incense urn on the lawn near the Chinese House i
Paintings Sculptures Graphic Arts Collection Porcelain and Ceramics Furniture Textile Arts Glass Art Musical Instruments, Timepieces and Barometers Silver and Decorative Cast Iron Coaches, Sleighs, an
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Contemporary Art in the Palace Courtyard With the project "This is not only hi(s) story. This is OUR STORY," Nando Nkrumah wins the open competition for a contemporary art intervention in response to
One Ticket for So Much Splendor The charlottenburg+ Combined Ticket is valid for a single visit to all the SPSG museum institutions in Charlottenburg Palace Gardens on one day. With the purchase of a
