# The Spirit of Paris [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RAUCH, Christian Daniel]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Iron and bronze, height c. 220 cm ## Commentary The Spirit of Paris 1824-25 Iron and bronze, height c. 220 cm Kreuzberg Monument, Berlin Schinkel's <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/s/schinkel/2/1kreuzbe.html'\)" href="/html/s/schinkel/2/1kreuzbe.html">Kreuzberg Monument</a> consists of a 19-meter tower on the ground plan of a Greek cross, with a socle and a niche level in which 12 winged battle spirits are displayed. Rauch designed six of the battle spirits, but modeled only two. One of them is the Spirit of Paris. ## Related artworks - [Blücher, Victor of Waterloo]() - [Bust of Schleiermacher]() - [Charity, Hope, Faith]() - [Charity, Hope, Faith]() - [Equestrian Statue of Frederick the Great]() - [Hope]() - [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]() - [Model of the Blücher Monument]() - [Princess Léontine von Radziwill]() - [Tomb of Queen Louise of Prussia \(detail\)]() - [Tomb of Queen Louise of Prussia]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()