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Quadriga statue, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
Bronze statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses, with the goddess Victoria with the Prussian eagle and Iron Cross on her lance, by Johann Gottfried Schadow, on top of the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor at night, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. Below the sculpture is a frieze with scenes of Greek mythology. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Unique Identifier
AR9185024
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5616px × 3744px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
Architecture
BERLIN
BRANDENBURG GATE
Bronze
building
capital city
Chariot
City Gate
Cityscape
color
Eagle
EUROPE
EUROPEAN
Evening
Exterior
Frieze
Gate
German
Germany
Goddess
Greek
HERITAGE
History
HORIZONTAL
Horse
ILLUMINATED
IMAGE
Iron Cross
JOHANN GOTTFRIED SCHADOW
Lance
LIT
MC
MYTHOLOGICAL
MYTHOLOGY
Neoclassical
Night
Outdoors
OUTSIDE
Quadriga
Sculpture
STANDARD
Statue
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Town
Travel
TRIUMPHAL GATE
TRIUMPHANT
VICTORIA
victory
Western Europe
Western European
WING