Home | Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Ferdinand von, Count
- CountryGermany
- Town:Berlin
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Year of creation:1851
- Rider(s):Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Ferdinand von, Count
Ferdinand, Prince of Braunschweig Wolfenbüttel (1721–1792), was a German-Prussian field marshal (1758–1766) known for his participation in the Seven Years’ War. From 1757 to 1762 he led an Anglo-German army in Western Germany which successfully repelled French attempts to occupy Hanover.
- 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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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 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.
