03 — ARTWORK
Prince Elector Frederick William the Great
- MEDIUM
- Bronze, height 290 cm
- TYPE
- Portrait
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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This statue was cast in bronzeAn alloy of copper (usually about 90 per cent) and tin, often also containing small amounts of other metals such as lead or zinc. Since antiquity it has been the metal most commonly used in cast sculpture because of its strength, durability, and the fact that it is easily workable - both hot and cold - by a variety of processes. It is easier to cast than copper because it has a lower melting-point, and its great tensile strength makes possible the protrusion of unsupported parts - an advantage over marble sculpture. The colour of bronze is affected by the proportion of tin or other metals present, varying from silverish to a rich, coppery red, and its surface beauty can be enhanced when it acquires a patina. by Johann Jakobi and inaugurated in 1703; the basemolded foot of a pillar or column providing the transition from the plinth to the shaft. (height 270 cm) was finished in 1708. Born in Hamburg, Schlüter studied in Danzig, in Holland, Paris and Italy. Court sculptor first at Warsaw and then in Berlin, he fell into disgrace in 1706 and died in St. Petersburg. He was a born sculptor whose feeling for monumentality was developed to e high degree. This statue is one of the most spectacular performances of BaroqueThe period in art history from about 1600 to about 1750. In this sense the term covers a wide range of styles and artists. In painting and sculpture there were three main forms of Baroque: (1) sumptuous display, a style associated with the Catholic Counter Reformation and the absolutist courts of Europe (Bernini, Rubens); (2) dramatic realism (Caravaggio); and (3) everyday realism, a development seen in particular in Holland (Rembrandt, Vermeer). In architecture, there was an emphasis on expressiveness and grandeur, achieved through scale, the dramatic use of light and shadow, and increasingly elaborate decoration. In a more limited sense the term Baroque often refers to the first of these categories. The development of the Baroque reflects the period's religious tensions (Catholic versus Protestant); a new and more expansive world view based on science and exploration; and the growth of absolutist monarchies. sculpture - the symbolic glorification of political absolutism.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Prince Elector Frederick William the Great by SCHLÜTER, Andreas},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schlter-andreas-rd1d53d5e80852b/prince-elector-frederick-william-the-great-r8bcdaedd2f5c80},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
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