Press Release I Berlin, 15 February 2019

Schlüter’s colossal sculptures have arrived in the Humboldt Forum

The eight surviving colossal sculptures from the workshop of the famous sculptor and architect Andreas Schlüter have returned to the Schlossplatz – their place of origin. The sandstone figures, which are all on loan from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, were recently transported from the Bode Museum and the Palace Workshop to the Humboldt Forum, where they have been put on display in the Sculpture Hall. When the Humboldt Forum opens at the end of this year, visitors will be able to see these marvellous sculptures, united once more as an intrinsic part of the History of the Site.

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Schlüter’s colossal sculptures have arrived in the Humboldt Forum
Press Release I Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss I 15 February 2019
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Video

Arrival of the Gods
© SHF / Screenshot: SHF

Images

Hercules
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
From left to right: Apollo, Jupiter, Antinous, Meleager, Hercules, Hermes
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
From left to right: Apollo, Jupiter, Antinous
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
From left to right: Meleager, Hercules, Hermes
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
From left to right: draped female figure, Apollo, Jupiter, Antinous, Meleager, Hercules, Hermes, draped female figure
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
From left to right: draped female figure, Apollo, Jupiter, Antinous
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
From left to right: draped female figure, Apollo, Jupiter, Antinous, Meleager, Hercules, Hermes, draped female figure
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Dismantling of the Schlüter sculptures in the Bode-Museum
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Dismantling
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Hercules
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Dismantling of the Schlüter sculptures at the Bode-Museum
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Jupiter, Hercules, Allegory and the sculptures of summer and spring on their way to the Humboldt Forum
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Meleager
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Jupiter
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Allegory
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Arrived: the four colossal figures from the Bode-Museum in the sculpture hall
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Installation of the colossal statues in the Humboldt Forum
© SHF / Photo: David von Becker
Rendering Sculpture hall
© SHF / Ausstellungsgestaltung: Ralph Appelbaum Associates / malsyteufel / Architekt: Franco Stella mit FS HUF PG
Rendering of the Schlüter Courtyard
© SHF / Architect: Franco Stella
Historical photograph of the Berlin Palace. View into the Schlüter Courtyard
© bpk / Photo: Helga Schmidt-Glassner