Château de Charlottenbourg La splendeur de la Prusse dans un ensemble Le Nouveau Palais Une fanfaronnade royale Château de Sanssouci Un refuge royal sur un vignoble Une journée idéale à Sanssouci de A
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
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
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
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
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
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
Established in 1995, the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG) manages more than 30 museum palaces and numerous parks in Brandenburg and Berlin, which attract more than 3.5
Exhibitions The Return of the Paintings Baroque treasures in the Upper Gallery of the New Palace Permanent exhibition Potsdam, Neues Palais all exhibitions Palaces and Gardens New Palace A Royal Boast
The sledge’s runners are crowned by the bust of a Black man wearing a turban and star pendant on a gold chain. The object recalls carousels that had been designed for the great princely courts since t
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
