Frederick the Great Memorial, Standing bronze statue in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
The memorial is a standing bronze statue of Frederick the Great, about 2.4 metres tall, set on a roughly 1.8-metre cubic granite pedestal in front of the New Wing of Charlottenburg Palace. The king wears a military uniform, a mantle and ermine cape, riding boots and a tricorne, with a sabre at his belt. In his right hand he holds a commander's baton resting on two stacked books.
The bronze in front of the New Wing is a 1975 cast made by the Hermann Noack foundry in Berlin. It reproduces Johann Gottfried Schadow's marble statue of Frederick II, carved in 1793 and kept in Szczecin, Poland. The Berlin version was set on its pedestal before the palace wing as a reminder of the king who expanded Charlottenburg.
The figure wears royal uniform with all the symbols of his rank and authority. Its placement within the palace grounds made it a focal point for how Prussian power was displayed and remembered in the city.
The memorial sits on the palace grounds and is accessible via well-maintained pathways open to visitors throughout the year. You can explore the site at your own pace regardless of the season.
The 1975 bronze is a replica of Johann Gottfried Schadow's 1793 marble, which stands in Szczecin, Poland. Schadow shows the king resting his commander's baton on two stacked books titled Artes pacis et belli and Corpus Juris Fried, setting the warrior against the scholar and lawgiver.
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