Sleeping lion
The Sleeping Lion (sometimes also called Resting Lion or Dying Lion ) is a life-size sculpture (art) that was cast in iron and bronze, for the first time by the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry in Berlin . It can be found several times in public spaces (square, park, cemetery), although these are not always contemporary specimens, as casts are still made today due to their popularity. The development in the early 19th century is to be understood in connection with the Berlin sculpture school .
Description and history
The Sleeping Lion was designed by Christian Daniel Rauch and modeled in his studio by the sculptor Theodor Kalide according to his own design. Therefore, both artist names are given for the iron and bronze sculptures, primarily that of the workshop owner. The first casting took place in 1824.
From sleeping lion more metal casts were in cast iron produced and in bronze, which were set up at various locations, including in Gleiwitz , Beuthen O / S , Berlin and Bad Carlsruhe . The figure was repeatedly used as a memorial sculpture (mostly honorary memorials for the fallen) and erected on different bases.
Initially, the lion sculpture was only produced by the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry in Berlin, soon afterwards in Gleiwitz, and later also by F. Kahle in Potsdam.
The lion sculptures from Gleiwitz and Beuten have been considered lost since the time of the People's Republic of Poland . However, a sleeping lion was found in Warsaw, probably the one from prey. The whereabouts of the lion from Gleiwitz is still unclear. It is even believed that it was given as a gift to the Soviet Union .
The counterpart to the Sleeping Lion is the " Wachende Löwe " which comes from the same sculptor's studio. Sometimes both sculptures were set up as counterparts.
List of specimens and locations
| image | country | Place and exact location | Built | Remarks |
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Germany | Berlin , on the Invalidenfriedhof | 1834 | Cast 1828; Crowning of the Scharnhorst grave monument erected in 1834. |
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Poland | Bytom ( Bytom O / S) | 1873 | See Sleeping Lion (Bytom) . |
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Poland |
Gliwice (Gleiwitz / Silesia), in Chopin Park |
1849 | Gift of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. See Sleeping Lion (Gliwice) . |
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Germany | Lübeck , at the Holstentor together with the guarding lion | since 1950 | Cast 1825; acquired by the merchant Johann Daniel Jacobj for his private house. See Lübeck lions . |
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Münster , in the abandoned cemetery on Wilhelmstrasse |
1831 | Grave monument of Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Horn |
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Germany | Roßleben , in the park of the Roßleben monastery school | 1875 | |
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Czech Republic | Chlum u Hradce Králové | 1867 | Cast 1850; Memorial in memory of the fallen officers of the Royal Prussian 1st Guard Infantry Division on July 3, 1866. Sleeping lion on a pedestal at the height of Chlum. |
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Germany | Dortmund , in the Westpark | October 17, 1869 | See Lion Monument (Dortmund) . |
| Germany | Hagen - Hasp | November 24, 1872 | Cast zinc, built to commemorate those who fell in the wars of 1866 and 1870–1871; dedicated to the victims of the world wars. | |
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Germany | Hanau , Philippsruhe Castle | 1884 | together with the guarding lion at the staircase of Philippsruhe Palace |
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Poland | Juditten Castle (Juditten / East Prussia), Schippenbeil community ( Sępopol ) | Acquired at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 | |
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Estonia | Kannuküla (former lands of the Kerstenhof estate ) | 1844 | Memorial for the Imperial Russian Lieutenant General Reinhold von Anrep , killed in 1807 in the Battle of Morąg (Mohrungen / East Prussia), erected in 1844 by his son General Joseph von Anrep |
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Poland | Legnica (Liegnitz / Silesia) | around 1873 | |
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Germany | Mainz , main cemetery | 1873 | War memorial of the Grand Duchy of Hesse |
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Poland | Pokój (Bad Carlsruhe / Silesia) | 1859 | Monument to Duke Eugen the " Hero of Kulm " 1813. |
| Czech Republic | Trutnov (Trautenau / Bohemia) | 1873 | ||
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Poland | Warsaw , zoo | 2008 | Copy of the lion sculpture by Bytom (Bytom) that was previously in the zoo. |
literature
- Jutta von Simson: Christian Daniel Rauch. Oeuvre catalog. (= Sculptor of the 19th century). Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7861-1778-0 .
- Justine Nagler: Theodor Kalide. Monograph and catalog raisonné by the Berlin sculptor (1801–1863). Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86732-314-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online project Memorials to Fallen: Chlum (1866)
- ↑ Online project memorials to fallen: Hagen-Haspe (1866, 1870/71)
- ↑ Silesia. Illustrated magazine for maintaining local culture. Vol. 1 (1907/1908), page 204