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THE PRINZESSINNENGRUPPE

KPM ICONS
THE PRINZESSINNENGRUPPE

On December 24, 1793, the future King of Prussia Frederick Wilhelm III married Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810), while his brother Ludwig (1773-1796) married Friederike (1778-1841), Luise's younger sister, two days later.
On December 24, 1793, the future King of Prussia Frederick Wilhelm III married Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810), while his brother Ludwig (1773-1796) married Friederike (1778-1841), Luise's younger sister, two days later.
In 1795, court sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow created a life-size clay model of the two crown princesses on commission from the Prussian King Frederick II. shortly after the two sisters married his sons. At the same time, a smaller version of the PRINCESSES GROUP was biscuit porcelain in biscuit porcelain for the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin; it is listed in the model book under model number 1246 in August 1796. In addition, the double statue of the two princesses was also executed in marble and completed in 1797. It was not only the king, who chose the sisters as wives for his sons, but other contemporaries as well who were captivated by the youthful beauty of the two.
Goethe wrote in 1793 that

"the two young ladies could be regarded as heavenly apparitions whose impression will never be lost on me"
This fascination was not only directed at the sitters themselves; Schadow's work also caused a sensation during its presentation at the Berlin Academy exhibition in September 1797. There, the sculptor exhibited the life-size marble version of the PRINZESSINNENGRUPPE (temporarily in the vestibule of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin), while smaller versions were produced for sale in biscuit porcelain at the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin. An elegant austerity - entirely in the spirit of classicism - combined with the gracefulness of the subject continues to enchant viewers to this day and is considered a major work of early classicism in Berlin, similar to Schadow's Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate from 1793.

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IF YOU PLEASE, LUISE AND FRIEDERIKE. TWO PRINCESSES AND THEIR STORY

In 1795, court sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow created a life-size clay model of the two crown princesses on commission from the Prussian King Frederick II. shortly after the two sisters married his sons. At the same time, a smaller version of the PRINCESSES GROUP was biscuit porcelain in biscuit porcelain for the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin; it is listed in the model book under model number 1246 in August 1796. In addition, the double statue of the two princesses was also executed in marble and completed in 1797. It was not only the king, who chose the sisters as wives for his sons, but other contemporaries as well who were captivated by the youthful beauty of the two.
Goethe wrote in 1793 that

"the two young ladies could be regarded as heavenly apparitions whose impression will never be lost on me"
This fascination was not only directed at the sitters themselves; Schadow's work also caused a sensation during its presentation at the Berlin Academy exhibition in September 1797. There, the sculptor exhibited the life-size marble version of the PRINZESSINNENGRUPPE (temporarily in the vestibule of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin), while smaller versions were produced for sale in biscuit porcelain at the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin. An elegant austerity - entirely in the spirit of classicism - combined with the gracefulness of the subject continues to enchant viewers to this day and is considered a major work of early classicism in Berlin, similar to Schadow's Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate from 1793.

LEARN MORE:

IF YOU PLEASE, LUISE AND FRIEDERIKE. TWO PRINCESSES AND THEIR STORY

In 1795, court sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow created a life-size clay model of the two crown princesses on commission from the Prussian King Frederick II. shortly after the two sisters married his sons. At the same time, a smaller version of the PRINCESSES GROUP was biscuit porcelain in biscuit porcelain for the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin; it is listed in the model book under model number 1246 in August 1796. In addition, the double statue of the two princesses was also executed in marble and completed in 1797. It was not only the king, who chose the sisters as wives for his sons, but other contemporaries as well who were captivated by the youthful beauty of the two.
Goethe wrote in 1793 that one could

"consider the two young ladies to be heavenly apparitions, whose impression will never be lost on me"
This fascination was not only directed at the sitters themselves; Schadow's work also caused a sensation during its presentation at the Berlin Academy exhibition in September 1797. There, the sculptor exhibited the life-size marble version of the PRINZESSINNENGRUPPE (temporarily in the vestibule of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin), while smaller versions were produced for sale in biscuit porcelain at the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin. An elegant austerity - entirely in the spirit of classicism - combined with the gracefulness of the subject continues to enchant viewers to this day and is considered a major work of early classicism in Berlin, similar to Schadow's Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate from 1793.

ELABORATE HANDWORK

lavish handwork

The Royal Porcelain Manufactory continues to produce this exquisite group of figurines entirely by hand. For this purpose, 88 individually cast porcelain pieces are joined together and fired to create a new work of art in elaborate artistic portrait work.