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Leopold I. Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Dessau 1676 - Dessau 1747
ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau, 1693-1747; Generalfeldmarschall in the Prussian army, nicknamed "the Old Dessauer" (German: der alte Dessauer)
(Wikipedia)

August Kiß & Gottfried Schadow
1859

Dessau / Leopold I. Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau

Description

Statue of Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau.
It was created by August Kiß after the monument by Schadow in the Lustgarten in Berlin. The original Berlin monument was made of marble and was replaced by cast bronze copies in 1855. Schadow gave Prince Franz the auxiliary model that he had made for his Berlin monument. The "Dessau copy" was also cast in bronze and erected in 1860.

Inscription(s)

LEOPOLD
FUERST ZU ANHALT
koenigl. preuss. und reichs
general feldmarschall
geb. 5. juli 1676
gest. 9. april 1747

LEOPOLD
PRINCE OF ANHALT
Royal Prussian and Imperial
General Field Marshal
Born 5 July 1676
Died 9 April 1747

Signature

k. gewerbe institut exc. berlin. 1859

Sculptors

August Kiß (Paprotzan bei Pleß 1802 - Berlin 1865), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Johann Gottfried Schadow (Berlin 1764 - Berlin 1850), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Das schöne Detail..., Dessau - Plastik und Skulptur im Stadtzentrum, Teil 3.
Dessaus Geschichte: Historische Denkmale in Dessau (Archived in archive.org).

Locatie (N 51°49'59" - E 12°14'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desa128; Photograph: 3 September 2022
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