List of works of art in Caputh Castle

The art collection in Caputh Castle near Potsdam includes around 100 works, mainly of Flemish and Dutch painting, small sculptures, faience tiles in the so-called Tile Hall and other handicraft items. These include wall and ceiling paintings , plastering , lacquer furniture and porcelain. The collection partly still consists of the original furnishings from the second half of the 17th century and was later supplemented by the estate of Electress Dorothea von Brandenburg , who founded the collection, as well as pieces from the Berlin , Potsdam City Palace and the Berlin hunting lodge Grunewald .

History and holdings of the collection

The foundation of the collection was laid by Electress Dorothea von Brandenburg, who also had a cabinet of curiosities set up in her apartment . After her death (1689), Elector Friedrich III (from 1701 King Friedrich I ) further expanded the collection. During the time of his successor Friedrich Wilhelm I , the palace and the collection lost their importance.

The collection originally consisted of more than three hundred oil paintings ; today there are still about a hundred of Dutch, Flemish and Italian painting, landscapes and genre pieces; also from almost 30 porcelains from China and Japan, as well as some furniture. In the representative rooms with partly rich ceiling stucco , some of them probably made by Italian craftsmen, there are numerous ceiling paintings in the mirrors of the vaulted ceilings, which are painted on canvas in the vestibule, in the ballroom and in the porcelain chamber. According to Claudia Sommer, a research associate at the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, these decorations belong to "the last evidence of baroque decorative art [...] from the time before 1700". The porcelain collection was created under the later King Friedrich I, the stepson of Dorothea von Brandenburg, who had further decorations made in the castle after her death. The inventory of the Electress's estate from 1689 is detailed, but without the number of porcelains.

Caputh Castle , view of the courtyard and the lake

Tabular listing (selection)

Basement and upper vestibule
No.	Work / illustration	Artist	object	year	Dimensions, material, technology	Provenance , curatorial information
01			antique column, fluted and with composite capital		Sandstone	probably from Italy, was installed in the 19th century as a support for the chimney of the kitchen stove at that time in the electoral kitchen, today the entrance area.
02		Jean Baptiste Broebes	Ideal view of Caputh Palace and Gardens	1733	Copper engraving	from Vues des palais et maisons des plaisance de sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse - Prospect of the palaces and palaces of his royal majesty in Prussia , Augsburg 1733
03		Johann Friedrich Nagel	Caputh Castle	around 1795	Gouache 22.2 × 33.5 cm	The trained at the art academy in Dresden and by Elector Friedrich August III. Landscape painter Johann Friedrich Nagel, sponsored by Saxony, worked in Prussia in the 1880s. He carried out commissioned work for King Friedrich Wilhelm II , in particular a series of gouaches in 1788 under the title “Collection of all beautiful and strange parts in all Koenigl. Prussian States ”.
04th		Johann Heinrich Hintze	Caputh and Potsdam from the Krähenberg	around 1836	Oil on canvas 59.5 × 78 cm
05		Wilhelm Barth	Caputh Castle	1844	Oil on canvas 102 × 141.5 cm
06th		unknown artist	Heinrich Ludwig August von Thümen (1757–1826)	Early 19th century	Oil on canvas	The Prussian Lieutenant General von Thümen fought against Napoleon in the Wars of Liberation from 1813 to 1815 and in 1820 acquired Caputh Castle.
07th		after Jan de Baen	Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg	17th century
08th		Jean de Baen	Electress Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg	1675
09			Tiled hall in the basement	after 1720		see article Tile Hall Schloss Caputh
010			Three geniuses wear the Kurhut	17th century	oil on wood	Part of the original painting on the wooden ceiling of the main staircase ( further picture )
011		Circle of Bartholomeus Eggers	Electress Dorothea	after 1685	Sandstone	The two busts are located in the upper vestibule and show clear signs of weathering, which suggests a temporary installation outdoors. Sandstone pedestals reconstructed based on a historical model
012		Circle of Bartholomeus Eggers	Elector Friedrich Wilhelm	after 1685	Sandstone	This bust is also in the upper vestibule
Electress's bedchamber
01			Gueridon		Wood carving	In the antechamber of the Electress, to the left and right of a fireplace, there are two so-called guéridons as side tables for candlesticks
02			Gueridon		Wood carving	In the Electress's antechamber , to the right of the fireplace
03		Willem Frederik van Royen	Dwarfs on the Havel near Caputh	around 1685	Oil painting	Awning for the Electress, right wall. The picture shows the oldest known representation of Caputh Castle in the background.
04th		from Japan	Floor vase	Late 17th century	Imari porcelain	In the Electress's antechamber , in the fireplace
05		Willem Frederik van Royen	De menagerie van keurvorst Friedrich III. The menagerie of Elector Friedrich III.	1697	Oil painting 232.5 × 190.5 cm	In the Electress's antechamber
06th		Rutger van Langerfeld	Church interior	1671		Awning for the Electress, right wall
07th		Ottmar Elliger	Electress Dorothea in a wreath of flowers and fruits	1670-1675		Awning for the Electress, wall of windows
08th			Cartouche with Dorothea's monogram		Gilded stucco with leaf metal , painting	Dorothea's intertwined initials on a shield are held by two geniuses . The cartridge is located on an arch that dominates the room and separates the bedroom from an alcove
09		probably english	Lacquer cabinet with Dutch faience from the 17th century.	around 1700	Frame and body probably English, layers of paint and varnish revised in the early 20th century	in the Electress's bedroom to the left of the archway. They were used to store precious pieces of jewelery, carvings made of ivory, ornate clocks, set shells or strange curiosities.
010		probably english	Lacquer cabinet with Dutch faience from the 17th century.	around 1700		in the Electress's bedroom to the right of the passage
011		Jacques Vaillant	Elector Friedrich Wilhelm as triumphator in the homage of Pomerania	around 1678	Oil on canvas	Friedrich Wilhelm is depicted in Dorothea's bedroom, formerly in the Grunewald hunting lodge in Berlin , with his wife of equal status at his side, who offers the defeated Pomeranian a palm of peace. To the left of the ruler two wild men kneel in humble posture , symbolizing the defeated Pomerania. It is a symbolic figure that has been popular since the Middle Ages and often appears as a shield holder .
12			Two cupids		Ceiling painting in fresco painting	in the middle picture of the ceiling, like the other two pictures, the original ceiling decoration in the alcove of the Electress
13			The night		Ceiling painting in fresco painting	Allegorical reversed representation of the night on the ceiling of a room that was once partitioned off, which is said to have contained a small cabinet of curiosities belonging to the Electress
14th			The day		Ceiling painting in fresco painting	Allegorical depiction of the day above the Electress's bedside
Porcelain chamber
01		Jacques Vaillant (attributed to him or his circle)	Borussia enthroned on clouds	1690/1700		the ceiling painting with rich decoration in the form of acanthus leaves is in the porcelain chamber in the pavilion of the palace attached to the west. It shows Brandenburg-Prussia as personified, crowned Borussia , accompanied by a female Moor figure , which can be understood as an allusion to Prussia's colonial possessions, and putti. The attributes lying at her feet symbolize power, wealth and the arts. This allegorical representation is intended to clarify the wealth and cultural prosperity of Prussia. Faience vases painted in an illusionistic manner are faithfully depicted in the corner cartouches of the ceiling, while the side panels contain allegorical depictions of the seasons .
02			Dutch table	around 1680	Walnut with ivory and tortoise shell inlays	on it is a selection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain from the 17th century
03		Japanese	Floor vase	Imari porcelain	Late 17th century	one of the four Imari floor vases in the porcelain chamber
04th		Chinese	three plates	Kraak porcelain	Early 17th century, the top plate from the 16th century	It is so-called Kraak porcelain , a Chinese export product from the time of Emperor Wanli (1563-1620). The top plate is the oldest piece of porcelain in Caputh Castle
05		Samuel Theodor Gericke	Alliance portrait of the kings Frederick I in Prussia, Frederick IV of Denmark and August II of Poland	1709	Oil on canvas 243 × 188 cm	hangs in the porcelain chamber , owned by Andy Warhol according to the castle administration
06th		Michael Döbel (attributed to)	Diana with dog	second half of the 17th century	marble	depicts Diana , the Roman goddess of the hunt , in the porcelain chamber
07th		unknown, probably Italian	Moor bust	17th century	different colored natural stones	In the porcelain chamber there are four of these Moorish busts, which presumably come from the Kunstkammer of the Berlin Palace and later, at the time of Frederick the Great, together with two other similar busts in Sanssouci Park, formed the so-called Mohrenrondell on Hauptallee. In between one of four Japanese floor vases made of Imari porcelain ( single bust showing a woman , copy from the 19th century)
08th		Japanese	colored plate	Late 17th century	Imari porcelain
Cabinet of the Electress
01			Goddess Juno	17th century	Ceiling painting in fresco technique	The ceiling painting in the Electress's cabinet shows the Roman goddess Juno , enthroned on clouds in a chariot pulled by peacocks. The picture only reappeared through the restorative removal of several overpaintings. Originally, the stucco in this room, as everywhere in the castle, was either not or only partially gold-plated. The current bronzing dates from the early 18th century.
02			Pedestal table			gold-plated frame with black top
03			Clock on an incline	around 1660/1670	Copper, brass, blued steel and wood	The clock lies on a carved and gilded inclined plane. The hour hand has a metal weight inside that always keeps it vertical. The dial with the watch case, on the other hand, rotates slowly down to the right , driven by gravity and inhibited by a gear train.
04th		Johann Georg Hintz	The art chamber shelf	around 1666	Oil on canvas 114.5 × 93.3 cm	in the Electress's cabinet , was part of the collection with inventory number 70 as early as 1698. A cabinet of art and rarities is shown as a well-ordered world model, which also indicates its own transience through the clock and the skull.
05	Image link	Govaert Flinck	Sleeping Cupid	1652	Oil on canvas 66 × 80.5 cm	Formerly in the Sanssouci Palace
Cabinet at the hall and ballroom
01			Two geniuses pouring tea			The ceiling painting in the cabinet in the hall dates from the time of Electress Dorothea, but the stucco work is older; as the exposed monogram in a corner cartouche shows, they come from the previous owner of Caputh Castle, Catharina Louise von Rautern, the wife of Philipp de Chièze . The new owner, Electress Dorothea, had the cartouches painted over with palm fronds. The ceiling painting had to be restored after water damage in the 18th century.
02			Glance into the cabinet in the hall			In the Baroque period, pictures were hung close together. On the left wall above there are two paintings by Alessandro Varotari : Warriors with a fortune teller (attributed) and Cupid dragging arrows . Including a bacchanal from the school of Hendrick van Balen . To the right of the three Parzen , a copy after Francesco Ubertini . Below left, next to the passage to the ballroom, hangs a copy after the copper engraving Christ before Pilate by Lucas van Leyden from the late 16th century, above the lady with parrot (description under No. 3) and above the passage, finally, a landscape with a water mill from Roelof van Vries.
03		Willem van Mieris	Lady with a parrot	1683	Oil on canvas	first in the Grunewald Hunting Lodge , came to Great Britain as looted art in 1945 , after being returned in 2004 in Caputh Castle.
04th		Jacques Vaillant (or his circle)	The goddess Minerva as protector of the arts and sciences	1671	Ceiling painting in oil painting technique on canvas	The picture in the center of the hollow vault in the ballroom shows the Roman goddess Minerva in an allegorical representation . Stylistic features suggest that the ceiling painting was completed during the electoral reconstruction of the palace in 1671.
05		Jacques Vaillant	Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg	around 1680	Oil on canvas 134 × 103 cm	In the ballroom of Caputh Castle, portraits of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm, his wife Dorothea and their four children hang in oval gold frames.
06th		Jacques Vaillant	Electress Dorothea of ​​Brandenburg	around 1695	Oil painting
07th		Gedeon Romandon	Margrave Philipp Wilhelm of Brandenburg	around 1695	Oil painting
08th		Gedeon Romandon	Maria Amalia of Brandenburg-Schwedt , Duchess of Saxony - Zeitz	around 1695	Oil painting
09		Michael Schröck	Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg	around 1700	Oil painting
10		Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann	Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg	around 1705	Oil painting
11		Bartholomeus Eggers	Rape of Proserpine	around 1680	marble	A group of figures depicting the ancient Greek myth of the robbery of Persephone , figures around three-quarters life-size, comes from the Berlin City Palace , today in the ballroom .
12			Gueridon	around 1700	carved and gilded	the two gueridons to the left and right of the fireplace in the ballroom served as side tables for candlesticks and were part of the furnishings of the Potsdam City Palace .
13			Scene from the Wars of Liberation of 1813/1815	after 1826	Plaster cast	Through the four doors in the ballroom , around 1830, the then owner of the Caputh Palace, the von Thümen family , had plaster casts of the frieze of the Berlin Blücher monument made by Christian Daniel Rauch and used as so-called supraports .
Apartments of the elector
01		Samuel Theodor Gericke	Fama as herald of the fame of the Brandenburg ruling house (excerpt)	1687		Ceiling painting in the antechamber of the elector , winged genii carry a panel with the portraits of the elector and his wife Dorothea with the Latin inscription FAMA HORUM ETERNA (Your fame is eternal) Detail of the picture
02		Peter Paul Rubens	Julius Caesar	1619	Oil on panel 69 × 52 cm	Parts of a series with twelve portraits of the Roman emperors, probably at times also in the Berlin Palace, today in the antechamber of the Elector, with painted inventory numbers that are already included in the 1698 directory The portraits were probably made for Prince Moritz of Orange , the governor of the Netherlands. Before 1680 they came into the possession of the Great Elector.
03		Cornelis van Haarlem	Emperor Augustus	1622	Oil on canvas
04th		Gerard Seghers	Emperor Tiberius	1625	Oil on canvas
05		Werner van Valckert	Emperor Caligula	1621	Oil on canvas
06th		Hendrick ter Brugghen	Emperor Claudius	1620	Oil on canvas
07th		Abraham Janssens	Emperor Nero	1618	Oil on canvas
08th		Michiel van Mierevelt	Emperor Vespasian	1625	Oil on canvas
09		Dirck van Baburen	Emperor Titus	1622	Oil on canvas 69.9 × 52.7 cm
10		Abraham Bloemaert	Emperor Domitian		Oil on canvas
11		Willem van Honthorst	Marie of Orange	1648	Oil painting	The picture bears the signature Honthorst 1648 lower left . The six-year-old Dutch Princess Marie von Oranien-Nassau is shown with a picture medallion in her hand, which probably shows one of her older sisters. The painting comes from the furnishings of the Potsdam City Palace.
12		Lambert Doomer (attributed)	Boy with books	17th century	Oil painting	in the Elector's bedroom
13		unknown artist	Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer			Copy after an etching by Anthony van Dyck, part of a series with four portraits by well-known artists, which hang as copies of etchings by Anthony van Dyck in the Elector's bedroom .
14th		unknown artist	Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens		Oil painting
15th		unknown artist	Pieter Brueghel the Younger		Oil painting	Copy after an etching by Anthony van Dyck, in the Elector's bedroom
16			Two flying putti with a wreath of flowers			Ceiling painting in the Elector's bedroom
17th			Two putti or genii wearing a garland of flowers			the ceiling painting in the Elector's cabinet is original.
18th		Abraham and Gedeon Romandon	Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg	around 1687/88	Oil painting	The portrait hangs over the fireplace. It was in the possession of the Electress Dorothea. There are five Chinese vases on the mantelpiece, see description under No. 18
19th			Chinese porcelain vases	17th century		in the elector's cabinet on the mantelpiece
20th		Environment of Abraham Bloemaert	Narcissus	around 1620/1630	Oil on canvas 101 × 121 cm	in the Elector's cabinet. It depicts the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus , who fell in love with his own reflection. The picture is a gift from the Bolstorff family from the estate of Annemarie Bolstorff, who died in 1997, to the Association of Friends of Prussian Palaces and Gardens
21st		Attributed to Augustin Terwesten	Nymph overheard by a satyr	around 1680		in the Elector's cabinet
22nd		South German artist	Heracles at the crossroads	around 1700		in the elector's cabinet , the ancient myth is depicted, in which Heracles has to decide which life to lead.

literature

• Peter Ackermann, Dietmar Strauch (eds.): Konrad Wachsmann and Einstein's summer house in Caputh. On the occasion of the exhibition of the same name for the 100th birthday of Konrad Wachsmann in Caputh Castle . 2001, ISBN 3-8311-1771-3 .
• Rudolf Oldenbourg: The Dutch imperator images in the royal palace in Berlin . In: Yearbook of the Prussian Art Collections . tape 38 , 1917, ISSN  0934-618X , p. 203-212 ( digizeitschriften.de ).

Web links

Commons : Works of art in Schloss Caputh  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Schloss Caputh - Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg on museumsportal-berlin.de
• A pleasure house on the Havel. on glowfish.de
• Dieter Weirauch: Caputh Castle. on my-entdecker.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens (ed.): Castle and Park Caputh. Berlin-Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-04011-3 , p. 6 f.
2. ↑ Claudia Sommer: Caputh and the Caputher. A cultural and historical foray. Caputh 1992, p. 26 ff.
3. ^ Paintings - Potsdam, Caputh Castle. Johann Friedrich Nagel. In: hellenicaworld.com. Retrieved September 6, 2015 . 
4. ↑ lot-tissimo.com
5. ↑ Potsdam, view with Caputh from the Krähenberg.
6. ^ Photo library of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
7. ^ Renate Kroll: Wilhelm Barth. An architectural painter from the Schinkel era. , General Directorate of the State Palaces and Gardens Potsdam-Sanssouci 1981, p. 48
8. ↑ fotothek.spsg.de
9. ↑ Claudia Sommer: Castle and Park Caputh. Berlin / Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-04011-3 , p. 15.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Willem Frederiksz. van Royen (c. 1645-1723). In: Lieke Marije Janssen: Nederlandse bloemstillevenschilders in Berlijn; Nederlandse Hofkunstenaars in the service of keurvorst Friedrich Wilhelm van Brandenburg (1620–1688). academia.edu, June 24, 2015, pp. 63 and 94 , accessed on September 24, 2015 . 
11. ^ Photo library of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
12. ^ Photo library of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
13. ^ Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG): Days of Open Cabinets - 15 Years of the Caputh Castle Museum. In: spsg.de. September 2014, accessed September 17, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Photo from 1935
15. ^ Heinrich Jobst von Wintzingerode: Difficult princes: the margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt . BWV Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8305-1881-5 , pp. 39 ( books.google.de ).
16. ↑ Gerhild HM Komander: The change of the "Sehepuncktes". The history of Brandenburg-Prussia in graphics from 1648–1810 . Lit, Münster Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-8258-2417-9 , pp. 61 (picture description).
17. ^ Photo library Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation
18. ^ Photo library Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation
19. ↑ Claudia Sommer in: Caputh and the Caputher. A cultural and historical foray. Caputh 1992, p. 28.
20. ↑ Claudia Sommer: Castle and Park Caputh . Berlin / Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-04011-3 , p. 19.
21. ^ Vinzenz Czech: The Potsdamer Dreikönigstreffen 1709: Possibilities and limits of courtly-dynastic self-representation in Brandenburg-Prussia . Cuvillier Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86727-638-2 , pp. 85 ( books.google.de ).
22. ↑ Claudia Sommer: Castle and Park Caputh . Berlin / Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-04011-3 , p. 19.
23. ^ Charles Harrison: An Introduction to Art . Yale University Press, New Haven 2009, ISBN 0-300-10915-6 , pp. 175 ( books.google.de ).
24. ↑ Werner Hofmann: The modern in the rearview mirror. Main routes in art history . CH Beck, Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3-406-43540-9 ( books.google.com ). or the still life is alive. (No longer available online.) In: kulturgemeinschaft.de. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015 ; Retrieved September 9, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
25. ↑ Happy return of the "Lady with a Parrot" . April 7, 2004. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 29, 2016. 
26. ↑ Dieter Weirauch: Happy ending after an art theft - "Lady with a Parrot" returned. In: Welt Online. April 8, 2004, accessed September 3, 2015 . 
27. ↑ Portrait of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, called the great Elector (1620–1688) on artnet.de
28. ↑ Claudia Sommer: Castle and Park Caputh. Berlin / Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-04011-3 , p. 24.
29. ↑ picture of the ceiling painting. In: google.com. Picasa Web Albums, accessed September 6, 2015 . 
30. ^ The Development of Orange-Nassau Princely Artistic Activity, 1618--1632 . ProQuest, 2008, ISBN 978-0-549-61046-5 , pp. XIII, 141 (Rubens himself or one of the students in his studio).
31. ^ Johann Daniel Friedrich Rumpf: Berlin and Potsdam. A complete display of the strangest items. tape 1 . Oehmigke, Berlin 1804, OCLC 909109654 , p. 293 f .
32. ↑ Claudia Sommer: Castle and Park Caputh. Berlin / Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-04011-3 , p. 26.
33. ^ Peter Paul Rubens: Collection of the essays published by Rudolf Oldenbourg or prepared for publication on the master. (No longer available online.) In: forgottenbooks.com. Pp. 184/185. , archived from the original on October 1, 2015 ; Retrieved September 9, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
34. ^ Website of the National Gallery Washington
35. ↑ Narcissus on freunde-psg.de
36. ^ Photo library Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation