RAUCH, Christian Daniel
(b. 1777, Arolsen, d. 1857, Dresden)

The Spirit of Paris

1824-25
Iron and bronze, height c. 220 cm
Kreuzberg Monument, Berlin

Schinkel's Kreuzberg Monument 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.




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