Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

[cahn]

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

Comments

Re: Fanart

[felis]

Harro Magnussen: Der Philosoph von Sanssouci in seinen letzten Stunden (wiki, which says the marble version from 1898 is missing since WWII, but two plaster (?) ones from 1890 still exist) - the picture you linked to definitely has the wrong title.

Re: Fanart

[selenak]

Now who's a detective? Wow. I see Wiki has another picture with a slightly different angle, this one correctly titled; it also says this copy is in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin:

Re: Fanart

[prinzsorgenfrei]

The art history picture archive my university uses produced yet another angle of the copy in Berlin :D
Can't link to it though, you'd need a login... We get a better look at the chair and the sleeping dog under it. It also supplied the size of this thing, at least I can tell you that :'D It's 70cm high and 75cm wide (measured from the back of the chair to the tip of his shoes I assume). Somehow that's way smaller than I thought. They took the image from "Ethos und Pathos - Die Berliner Bildhauerschule 1786-1914"

Re: Fanart

[felis]

This one possibly?

And then there are these pictures of the Burg Hohenzollern copy.

Re: Fanart

[mildred_of_midgard]

Now who's a detective?

More detectives + more readers + an artist = MOAR FUN. \o/ (I hope Detective gambitten comes back someday.)

There are a few angles that I've seen, e.g. this one and this one (also with the wrong title); I merely picked my favorite the first time, not knowing there was going to be such a rush! :)

Re: Fanart

[gambitten]

mildred_of_midgard: I hope Detective gambitten comes back someday.

Guess who's back. Back again. ;)

My exams (for this year) are done! I'll be back to contributing on the weekends! But I've got some really good stuff to share today (not a weekend), which I'll get around to formatting in a big post.

Re: Fanart

[cahn]

gambitten!! You're back!! :DDDDDD

okay, gotta go to work now, just wanted to say that :) Looking forward to your big post!

Re: Fanart

[mildred_of_midgard]

Welcome back! I know I said this in the other thread, but it bears repeating. I always love your write-ups! I also laughed when the title of your comment changed from "more things we should be reading" to "more things we should be reading, part 1." :P :D

Re: Fanart

[prinzsorgenfrei]

!!!
Thank you so much, this helps me immensely!

Re: Fanart

[mildred_of_midgard]

Thank you! That explains why it's so difficult to google, haha.