Project-Oriented Individual Research Individual work on scholarly subjects stems from the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg’s responsibility for the cultural heritage of the
The „Research Center Sanssouci. For Knowledge and Society” (RECS) is a research cooperation of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, the University of Potsdam and the Europea
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
Prussia’s King Frederick the Great personally planned the design of this park rondel in 1746. Busts of a Roman emperor, a philosopher, and four Africans dressed in ancient garb were arranged in the ci
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
There are several pairs of figures carrying candelabras among the 54 sandstone sculptures that ornament the balustrades on the side of the New Palace facing the garden: Romans and Teutons, as well as
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
This painting, dated 1823, shows a Black boy in what seems to be North-African dress with a red fez, sitting at the gate to the garden of the Prinzessinnenpalais – with three long-haired hunting dogs
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
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