Johann Gottfried Schadow 1764-1850 Berlin, He was a German sculptor. He was born in Berlin, where his father was a poor tailor. Friederike von Preuben.His first teacher was an inferior sculptor, Tassaert, patronized by Frederick the Great; the master offered his daughter in marriage, but the pupil preferred to elope with a girl to Vienna, and the father-in-law not only condoned the offence but furnished money wherewith to visit Italy. Three years' study in Rome formed his style, and in 1788 he returned to Berlin to succeed Tassaert as sculptor to the court and secretary to the Academy. Over half a century he produced upwards of two hundred works, varied in style as in subjects.
Monument to Count Alexander von der Mark mk138
1788-90
Marble
623x370cm
Long-term loan of the Evangelical Parish of Friedrichswerder zu Berlin
Painting ID:: 38550
Johann Gottfried Schadow Monument to Count Alexander von der Mark mk138
1788-90
Marble
623x370cm
Long-term loan of the Evangelical Parish of Friedrichswerder zu Berlin
Princesses Luise and Friederike of Prussia mk138
1795-97
Marble
172x94x59cm
Transferred from the Berliner Stadtschloss in 1949
Painting ID:: 38551
Johann Gottfried Schadow Princesses Luise and Friederike of Prussia mk138
1795-97
Marble
172x94x59cm
Transferred from the Berliner Stadtschloss in 1949
1764-1850 Berlin, He was a German sculptor. He was born in Berlin, where his father was a poor tailor. Friederike von Preuben.His first teacher was an inferior sculptor, Tassaert, patronized by Frederick the Great; the master offered his daughter in marriage, but the pupil preferred to elope with a girl to Vienna, and the father-in-law not only condoned the offence but furnished money wherewith to visit Italy. Three years' study in Rome formed his style, and in 1788 he returned to Berlin to succeed Tassaert as sculptor to the court and secretary to the Academy. Over half a century he produced upwards of two hundred works, varied in style as in subjects.
