The Great Elector

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“The Great Elector,” over-life-size bronze statue by Andreas Schlüter, 1703; in the forecourt of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin

The Great Elector

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Andreas Schlüter
…and the equestrian statue of the great elector Frederick William (completed in 1703), now in the forecourt of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, are among the most important of his surviving sculptures. Both testify to Schlüter’s familiarity with the work of the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome and that of the…
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…and the equestrian statue of the great elector Frederick William (completed in 1703), now in the forecourt of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, are among the most important of his surviving sculptures. Both testify to Schlüter’s familiarity with the work of the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome and that of the…
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