Schwind-Pavillon, Rüdigsdorf, Music salon of a former orangery in Rüdigsdorf, Frohburg, Germany
The Schwind-Pavillon is the former music salon in the right-hand pavilion of the orangery at Rüdigsdorf Manor, built 1829–1839. Its flat central section had a glass front as a greenhouse, while the left pavilion held the gardener's flat. Inside, the ceiling painting in tempera shows Amor leading Psyche to Olympus, framed by the twelve zodiac signs.
Wilhelm Leberecht Crusius commissioned the pavilion between 1829 and 1839 as part of an orangery complex on his estate. The classical design and decoration reflect the artistic trends of that period.
The salon's nine wall paintings on the life of Psyche were divided between Moritz von Schwind and his Vienna friend Leopold Schulz, who painted five; Schwind painted panels 3, 4, 6 and 9 himself. A 2006 restoration showed they are not true frescoes but painted on a lime layer over dry plaster. The room still hosts summer concerts and civil weddings.
The salon can be visited during the summer months; summer concerts are held there, and Frohburg's registry office performs weddings in the room. The former orangery was divided after 1945, so only the hall itself is publicly accessible, and the passage into the orangery was bricked up.
The wall paintings were long called frescoes, but a 2006 restoration showed they were painted on a lime layer over dry plaster, not on fresh plaster. Schwind painted images 3, 4, 6 and 9 himself; his Vienna friend Leopold Schulz executed five of the nine.
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