Home | Preussen, Friedrich Heinrich von
- CountryGermany
- Town:Berlin
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Year of creation:1851
- Rider(s):Preussen, Friedrich Heinrich von
(1726 – 1802) war das 13. kind König Friedrich Wilhelms I in Preußen und dessen Gattin Sophie Dorothea von Hannover und Angehöriger der Dynastie Hohenzollern and the younger brother of Friedrich der Grosse.
He served as a general and statesman, leading Prussian armies in the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years’ War, having never lost a battle in the latter. In 1786, he was suggested as a candidate for a monarch for the United States.
- Sculptor(s):Rauch, Christian Daniel
(1777 –1857) was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century.
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Part of the monument for Ludwig II der Grosse.
Rauch began in 1830 , along with the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the models for a colossal equestrian monument at Berlin to honor King Friedrich II, der Grosse. This work was inaugurated with great pomp in May 1851, and is regarded as one of the masterpieces of modern sculpture, the crowning achievement of Rauch’s work as a portrait and historic sculptor.
