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
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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
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
As head of the Royal Sculpture Workshop, the founder of the Berlin School of Sculpture (17), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850), trained his oldest son Ridolfo and involved him in the execution of i
A journey through 400 years of history in Brandenburg and Prussia Berlin, Potsdam and Mark Brandenburg The stately homes and gardens of Prussia invite guests to travel for themselves back in time to t
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