# General view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BÜRING, Johann Gottfried](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bring-johann-gottfried-r52a1500acbe5a5>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

Frederick II of Prussia virtually prescribed his architects a design manual based on buildings and designs by Andrea Palladio, Giulio Romano Sir William Chambers, and others. He handed the Nauen Gate commission to Johann Gottfried Büring along with a design for a medieval city gate with two round towers. By selecting from various styles, Potsdam as a civic entity for all was to be the model city of benevolent despotism.

## Related artworks

- [Chinese Tea House](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bring-johann-gottfried-r52a1500acbe5a5/chinese-tea-house-rf5cd70657b01bf>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)