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Who made “Princesses Monument”?

“Princesses Monument” was made by Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1795. Where to see it: Alte Nationalgalerie.

Neoclassicism · Sculpture

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Neoclassicism: Rococo before it is playful and pastel; Romanticism, its contemporary rival, prefers loose brushwork, rich colour and strong emotion.

Johann Gottfried Schadow (20 May 1764 – 27 January 1850) was a German Prussian sculptor. Wikipedia

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More by Johann Gottfried Schadow

• “Frederick the Great Memorial”
• “Blücherdenkmal”
• “Lying lions”, 1830
• “Statue of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau”
• “Statue of Hans Joachim von Zieten”
• “Martin Luther”, 1821
• “Bacchus Comforting Ariadne”, 1802–1804
• “Hercules in battle with the Nemean lion”, 1791