Canova's most famous group of sculptures is probably the most graceful depiction of the well-known mythical love story: Cupid bends tenderly over Psyche and with his wings chases away the death-like sleep into which Psyche had fallen due to a trick of the jealous Aphrodite. Blissfully, his lover reaches out to kiss him. The great love between the god and the beautiful princess moved even the Olympian gods: Zeus granted Psyche immortality so that both could become a symbol of eternal love that would outlast all the storms of time. Original: marble sculpture, 155 x 168 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Reduction. Size 37 x 20 x 39 cm. Edition as ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand in white, polymer-bonded artificial marble.
Schadow's pupil Christian Daniel Rauch is responsible for this epoch-making work by the versatile, great German philosopher (1855). Like Kant's transcendental-idealistic ideas, this statue has survived the ages. Original: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Total height 55 cm, plinth size 18.3 x 16 cm. Version in white, polymer-bonded artificial marble.
Schadow's pupil Christian Daniel Rauch is responsible for this epoch-making work by the versatile, great German philosopher (1855). Like Kant's transcendental-idealistic ideas, this statue has survived the ages. Original: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Total height 55 cm, plinth size 18.3 x 16 cm. Version in art bronze. Polymer ars mundi museum replica cast by hand with a fine bronze patina.
An unusual double wedding took place in 1793. The 18-year-old Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz married the Crown Prince of Prussia, Frederick William III, and the 16-year-old Friederike married his younger brother Louis. The occasion for Johann Gottfried Schadow to create this graceful sculpture of the two sisters. Original: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie, 1797, marble. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand. Total height 19.5 cm, width 23 cm, plinth size approx. 17 x 2 x 11 cm (W/H/D).
The Mecklenburg princess, born in Hanover in 1776, was highly honoured by her subjects and went down in history as the 'Good Queen'. Original by Johann Gottfried Schadow in Monbijou Palace, Berlin, 1798. ars mundi polymer museum replica cast by hand. Height 56 cm. Weight 24 kg.
He became a legend even during his lifetime. The name Frederick the Great symbolises an enlightened Prussia. Heroic steadfastness on the one hand and artistic subtlety on the other are among the well-known attributes of the Frederician era, this fascinating epoch of German history. With the help of an army that had grown to 180,000 men by the end of his reign, Frederick II secured Prussia's European supremacy. In terms of domestic policy, the progressive regent represented the ideal of enlightened absolutism. As a far-sighted patron of the arts, architecture and sciences, Frederick the Great is credited with the construction of the famous Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. This royal portrait is one of the most precious treasures of European art. Joh. Gottfried Schadow shows Frederick the Great in a typical pose with a sceptically watchful face and head slightly tilted to one side. Original: Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam. Marble. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand. Height incl. plinth 37 cm.
With his marble statue, Schadow created the most famous statue of the Prussian ruler. It shows the great ruler in a typical pose: sovereign and casual at the same time, a great king. Original: Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, 19th century, marble. Reduction in polymer artificial marble. Height 28 cm.
This probably best-known marble statue of Frederick II shows the great regent in his typical pose.Original: Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, 19th century, marble. Bronzed polymer cast, on a marble plinth. Height with plinth approx. 28 cm.
An unusual double wedding took place in 1793. The 18-year-old Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz married the Crown Prince of Prussia, Frederick William III, and the 16-year-old Friederike married his younger brother Louis. The occasion for Joh. Gottfried Schadow to create this graceful sculpture of the two sisters. The marble group of the Prussian princesses, the first life-size double statue of classicism, is the most graceful example of Schadow's style, which was both classically idealistic and true to life, and set the trend for the 19th century. Original: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie. Polymer ars mundi museum replica moulded by hand. Edition in original size. Height 55 cm, plinth size 28.5 x 19 x 3.5 cm. Weight approx. 9 kg.
In 1793, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm III and his brother Louis married the princesses Luise and Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Alongside the Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate, this graceful sculptural group is one of Johann Gottfried Schadow's major works. Original: National Gallery Berlin Museum Island. Hand-moulded, polymer-bound museum replica made of artificial marble. Reduction, size 19.5 x 30 x 14 cm (W/H/D).
The Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate is Schadow's best-known work. But with the sculpture of the girl at rest, the main representative of German classicism brought his oeuvre to a crowning conclusion: it is the glorious summary of his life's work, in which his artistic principles are perfectly united. Original: National Gallery, Berlin. Marble. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand. Size 95 x 37 x 38 cm, weight 75 kg.
Even those who don't know Schadow are familiar with his most famous work: the Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate, executed in 1794. His wall relief 'Female Nude in Side View' was created in 1812, originally in plaster, and was cast in bronze in 1906. Original: Nationalgalerie Berlin. Polymer ars mundi museum replica cast by hand. Size 63 x 31 cm (H/W).
