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inventory are attributed to the composer and flautist Johann Joachim Quantz, who was also Frederick the Great’s flute teacher. Additional keyboard instruments and a harp stem from the possessions of Queen [...] were constructed by Gottfried Silbermann (Sanssouci Palace, New Palace) during the lifetime of Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786). A fortepiano (New Palace) built by London-based Burkardt Schudi bears [...] Fromery, now on display in Oranienburg Palace. The musical clocks commissioned or purchased by Frederick II, with their works playing harp, bell, or flute melodies, are mechanically and art historically

subsequently the New Chambers, Frederick the Great’s guest palace. They had a significant influence on Frederician Rococo. King Frederick William II, Frederick the Great’s successor, commissioned the first [...] early 20th centuries by the Hohenzollern courts in Berlin and Potsdam. From the era of the Great Elector, Frederick William, only a few carved and decorated Baroque sculptural pieces survive, such as the [...] can be seen in Oranienburg, although they were initially acquired by the Great Elector for the Berlin Palace. Under Elector Frederick III (from 1701 King in Prussia), furniture with chinoiserie lacquer work

at court around 1700. Schloss Caputh thrived again under Elector Frederick III, who became King Frederick I of Prussia in 1701. Frederick William I used Caputh for hunting jaunts, and around 1720 he had [...] both electors and kings. The early baroque palace is the only palace from the age of the Great Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg to have survived in the cultural landscape around Potsdam. Built in

built from 1651 for the first wife of the Great Elector (1620–1688), Louise Henriette (1627–1667), born a Princess of Orange. Her son, the future King Frederick I, had the residence extended and magnificently [...] experienced a second heyday under Prince August William of Prussia (1722–1758), a brother of Frederick the Great. Following a dramatic sequence of uses, some with dire implications, the palace museum of [...] magnificently appointed from 1689 by architects Johann Arnold Nering and Johann Frederick Eosander. Around 1700 it was considered to be the Prussian monarchy’s finest residence. In the mid-18th century it e

associated with Frederick the Great when he was a Crown Prince and with the life of his brother Prince Henry. After years of bitter conflict between father and son, “Soldier King” Frederick William I granted [...] granted 22-year-old Frederick permission to run Rheinsberg as his official seat. By this time, the Crown Prince had married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern. The existing Renaissance building on the [...] Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff from 1737. At a comfortable distance from his strict father, Frederick created the “court of Muses”, where for the first time in his life he was able to pursue his artistic

himself King of Prussia, Frederick I sought to express his new status by ordering the construction of stately baroque extensions and small buildings for court functions. Frederick the Great had the equipment

served as a summer residence for the Prussian queen Elisabeth Christine, who was married to Frederick the Great. She commissioned Johan Michael Boumann senior in 1763/64 to build extensions and transform [...] home for General Joachim von Grumbkow, the core of which survives. Shortly afterwards, Elector Frederick III acquired the property, and he appointed Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe to work on it until

Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), acquired by Frederick the Great in 1763. The Mausoleum , to the south-west of the Belvedere, was commissioned by Frederick William III to house the tomb of his lady consort [...] monument preservation. The Belvedere in the palace gardens formed part of the project commissioned by Frederick William II to redesign the park. The building, conceived by Karl Gotthard Langhans, was built in [...] The Mausoleum was first extended in 1841–1843 under Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse, after the death of Frederick William III himself, and then again around 1888–1894 to drawings by Albert Geyer, in order to i

been largely restored to their original form. The complex was substantially enlarged after Frederick the Great ascended the throne. In 1740 work began, to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, on [...] 1788 and 1791. Frederick William III and his wife Queen Luise likewise favoured Charlottenburg as a summer residence. Luise occupied the former winter chambers of her father-in-law, Frederick William II, [...] with the baroque French style of Le Nôtre. There were major extensions and conversions here after Frederick I was crowned King of Prussia in 1701. Baroque interiors such as the Porcelain Room, the chapel

plants and the majestic structure in Italian Renaissance style indicate the great affection for Italy cherished by Frederick William IV. The complex was built between 1851 and 1864 to designs by Prussia’s [...] silk and mineral decoration. The heart of this palace complex is the Raphael Hall. Conceived by Frederick William IV as a museum space, the impressive roof-lit hall contains about 50 copies of paintings

Picture Gallery of Sanssouci Potsdam, Sanssouci Park Frederick the Great was a passionate collector of paintings. He filled his apartments with them, not very unlike his contemporaries. However, his idea [...] “Doubting Thomas”, one of the key attractions in today’s collection, was a later addition. Frederick the Great himself disdained paintings of “scoundrel saints who get martyred”. Although the King had adequate

Berlin Palace and Breslau Palace (now the Royal Palace in Wrocław) are deemed war losses.Frederick the Great placed great importance on the bindings of his books. The volumes are primarily bound in red goat [...] It is based on the 1914 catalogue by Bogdan Krieger, Friedrich der Große und seine Bücher (Frederick the Great and His Books), and has been provisionally edited. The Library of Queen Luise The book collection [...] libraries are presented as museum objects and are not intended for public use. The Libraries of King Frederick II The library rooms at Sanssouci Palace, the New Palace, and Charlottenburg Palace hold the largest