Watching lion
The Watching Lion is a life-size sculpture (art) that was cast in both iron and bronze and is relatively common in public places (including parks and cemeteries).
Depending on the source, this lion sculpture is attributed to Theodor Kalide or Christian Daniel Rauch . Since Kalide acted on Rauch's instructions when he made the model in his sculptor's studio according to his own design, both artist names are inextricably linked with this work.
The counterpart to the Waking Lion is the “ Sleeping Lion ”, which Kalide modeled in the same workshop. Both are considered pioneering works and groundbreaking for modern animal sculpture. They were very popular for a long time, so iron and bronze castings were still made of them in the 20th century. Initially the foundry was the Royal Prussian Iron Foundries in Berlin.
List of specimens and locations
| image | country | Location and exact location | Built | Remarks |
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Poland (formerly Upper Silesia) | Gliwice (Gleiwitz), in front of the Villa Caro , see Wachender Löwe (Gliwice) | 1830 | |
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Germany | Lübeck , at the Holsten Gate together with the Sleeping Lion, see Lübeck Lion | since 1950 | Cast 1824; acquired by the merchant Johann Daniel Jacobj for his private house. |
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Germany | Eberswalde | 1836 | |
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Germany | Hanau , Philippsruhe Castle | 1884 | |
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Poland (formerly East Prussia) | Juditten Castle , Sępopol Municipality (Schippenbeil) | Acquired at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 | |
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Poland (formerly Lower Silesia) | Karpniki (Fischbach) - Mariannenfels | 1824 | Removed there in the second half of the 20th century. |
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Poland | Złotniki Lubańskie (Gold Dream) | Copy of the Mariannenfelsen near Karpniki (Fischbach). |
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 .
