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
Ferdinand Bellermann is considered as being one of the 19th-century’s so-called “traveling artists”, who visited Latin America for study purposes in the wake of Alexander von Humboldt. A travel grant
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
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
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 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
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
SPSG Research is Online The Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG) is committed to the principle of open access with regard to scholarly communication and exchange. Researc
La splendeur de la Prusse dans un ensemble Avec l'ancien château et la Nouvelle Aile, le Château de Charlottenburg est le complexe le plus important et le plus remarquable des Princes-électeurs brande
Au bout de l'allée principale, à l'ouest du parc de Sans-Souci se dresse un immense palais surmonté d'un haut dôme de tambour visible à des lieues à la ronde. C'est le Nouveau Palais. Conçu sans aucun
Un refuge royal sur un vignoble Aucun autre château n’est aussi lié à la personnalité de Frédéric le Grand que le château Sanssouci. Sa résidence d’été, construite en 1745-47 par Georg Wenzeslaus von
In 1681, Otto Friedrich Graf von der Groeben (1656‒1728) entered into the service of the “Great Elector”, Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620‒1688). Before taking up this position, he had travelled
