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Plaster cast of the Double Statue of Princesses Luise and her sister Friederike of Prussia by Gottfried Schadow
Plaster cast of the Double Statue of Princesses Luise and her sister Friederike of Prussia by Gottfried Schadow © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gipsformerei

Backstories | The Princess Group in the Alte Nationalgalerie

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The Backstories series tells remarkable object histories about works from the collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. This episode is about the history of the so-called Princess Group, a double statue by Johann Gottfried Schadow, which is located in the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Production: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / art/beats

Museum and the City: Posts about Backstories on the blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)

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