Christian Daniel Rauch
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Christian Daniel Rauch was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century.
Rauch in 1855
Christian Daniel Rauch by Ernst Rietschel (1857), Albertinum, Dresden
Rauch's grave in Berlin
Bust of Christian Daniel Rauch by David d'Angers (1834)
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. The couple's happy, though short-lived, marriage produced nine children, including the future monarchs Fr
Christian Daniel Rauch
…and practiced his art in his spare hours. He came under the influence of Johann Gottfried Schadow. In 1802, he exhibited his "Sleeping Endymion." Queen Louisa of Prussia, surprising him one day in the act of modeling her features in wax, sent him to study at the Prussian Academy of Art. Not long afterward, in 1804, Count…
Portrait by Josef Grassi, 1802
The famous Princesses Monument statue of Louise (left), with her sister Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by Johann Gottfried Schadow. The statue was initially deemed too erotic, and was consequently closed to public viewing.
Louise and Frederick William, 1794 – a year after their marriage
Queen Louise with her husband and children, c. 1806