An important guest – UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim When, the UN secretary-general, Dr. Kurt Waldheim, arrived at Cecilienhof Country House on February 8, 1975, he had already met with the leaders
The evacuation of works of art to protect them against the effects of war On July 3, 1942, four large moving vans stopped in front of the palace in Rheinsberg. Their extremely valuable freight consist
The Last Guest of State of the German Democratic Republic at the Palace Mikhail Gorbachev was the GDR’s last guest of state to visit Schönhausen House Mikhail Gorbachev made a memorable and quite mome
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Marble, SPSG Skulpt.slg. 5579 Schadow modelled the Girl Spinning (13) in 1816. The young woman is depicted holding a finished clew of yarn in her raised left hand. The hanging threads and the attached
The sculptor Carolus Zenon Ridolphus Schadow – better known under the forename Ridolfo – was born on July 9, 1786. (1) At this time his parents were living in Rome. A short time later his father Johan
For the first time four sculptures are arranged here as Ridolfo Schadow (10) imagined it in his studio in Rome (4). Cupid (11) gazes down contemplatively from his godly sphere at three young women who
Marble, SPSG Skulpt.slg. 5580 This version of Innocence (14) was created for Schadow himself, at roughly the same time as the first version for Prince Miklos Esterházy. With this work Schadow intended
Marble, SPSG Skulpt.slg. 2822 In 1813/14 Ridolfo Schadow modelled the Girl Tying her Sandal (12) for the first time. The sculpture is considered one of his most popular works. Without any attributes o
Marble, SPSG Skulpt.slg. 2800 From the beginning Schadow planned to arrange the three seated girls opposite Cupid (11). Following a smaller earlier version, the work on this version began in 1821. How
Marble Loan, Cologne, LETTER-Stiftung, inv. no. 2015.259.000-002 In 1816, Ridolfo Schadow produced this uncommissioned bust of a young woman with a delicate wreath of roses in her hair (21). It is cle
