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Friedrich August I. der Gerechte

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

Dresden 1750 - Dresden 1827
elector (1763-1806) and then king of Saxony, in 1791 designated king of Poland
(Wikipedia)

Ernst Rietschel & Gottfried Semper
Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer
1828-35

Dresden / Friedrich August I. der Gerechte

Description

Statue of the king, sitting in a chair, on a pedestal with on the corners four allegorical figures.

Inscription(s)

FRIEDRICH AUGUST DEM GERECHTEN
DAS DANKBARE VATERLAND.

DENN EWIGLICH WIRD ER NICHT WANKEN
DER NACHRUHM DES GERECHTEN BLEIBET EWIG.

ZUM ANDENKEN AN DIE SEGNUNGEN
EINER LVIII JÆHRIGEN REGIERUNG.

WOHL DEM MANNE DER DEN EWIGEN FUERCHTET
DER GROSSE LUST HAT AN DES HERRN GEBOT.

Annotation

The statue is by Rietschel, the pedestal is designed by Semper.

The monument was unveiled in 1843 in the Zwinger in Dresden, and since 1929 near the Japanische Palais. In 2008 the statue was placed on the present location.

Sculptors

Ernst Rietschel (Pulsnitz 1804 - Dresden 1861), German sculptor - see also his memorial in Dresden (Wikipedia).
Gottfried Semper (Hamburg 1803 - Roma 1879), German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture - see also his memorial in Dresden (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Dresden Bilder, Denkmäler.
Heinz Quinger, Dresden und Umgebung: Geschichte, Kunst und Kultur der sächsischen Hauptstadt (1999), p. 189.

Location (N 51°3'11" - E 13°44'18")

Item Code: desn014; Photograph: 21 January 2011
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