Andreas Schlüter

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For the 1942 film of his life, see Andreas Schlüter (film).

Portrait in Hamburg town hall
Triumph of Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus from Krasiński Palace in Warsaw
Equestrian statue of Great Elector in Berlin
Amber Room

Andreas Schlüter (1659 – c. June 1714)

Russian Tsardom
.

Biography

Andreas Schlüter was born probably in

St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg show that an Andreas Schlüter, son of sculptor Gerhart Schlüter, had been baptized there on 22 May 1664. Documents from Danzig/Gdańsk (Royal Prussia) reported that an Andreas Schlüter (senior) had worked 1640–1652 in Danzig's Jopengasse lane (today's ulica Piwna). Possibly born in 1640, an Andres Schliter is recorded as apprentice on 9 May 1656 by the mason's guild. Other sources state 1659 as year of birth.[3]

He probably did spend several years abroad as

Pelplin monastery
.

Schlüter's first known work was the decoration of the facade of the Danzig Royal Chapel, in 1681. He later created statues for King John III Sobieski's Wilanów Palace in Warsaw and sepulchral sculptures in Zhovkva. In 1689, he moved to Warsaw and made the pediment reliefs and sculptural work of Krasiński Palace.

Schlüter was invited to

Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gian Lorenzo Bernini
.

Schlüter also worked as an architect and built many state buildings in Berlin in his role as "Hofbaumeister" (Court Architect), which he lost when one tower showed signs of a weak fundament. He also served as director of the

Charlottenburg Palace
.

The Berlin City Palace, and many of his works, were partially destroyed by bombing in

Communist regime. A similar fate probably befell the Amber Room
, made between 1701 and 1709, Schlüter's most famous work of architecture.

In 1713, Schlüter's fame brought him to work for Tsar

Summer Palace are attributed to him. This way he became an important figure of Petrine Baroque
.

Extant works

References

  1. ^ Biographie, Deutsche. "Schlüter, Andreas - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German).
  2. ^ nach älteren Quellen angeblich am 20. Mai 1664 in Hamburg als Sohn des Bildhauers Gerhart Schlüter geboren – Andreas Schlüter, in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Bd. 55, Leipzig 1910, S. 184–194.
  3. Deutsches Historisches Museum online article on Zeughaus [1]
  4. ^ Gallery Archived 21 December 2003 at the Wayback Machine

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