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Andreas Schlüter

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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
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from 1702 to 1704, after which he began concentrating on sculpting again, as "Hofbildhauer" (Court Sculptor). His most important
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show that an Andreas Schlüter, son of sculptor Gerhart Schlüter, had been baptized there on 22 May 1664. Documents from
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nach älteren Quellen angeblich am 20. Mai 1664 in Hamburg als Sohn des Bildhauers Gerhart Schlüter geboren
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is recorded as apprentice on 9 May 1656 by the mason's guild. Other sources state 1659 as year of birth.
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had worked 1640–1652 in Danzig's Jopengasse lane (today's ulica Piwna). Possibly born in 1640, an
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The Berlin City Palace, and many of his works, were partially destroyed by bombing in
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Schlüter's first known work was the decoration of the facade of the
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of Adam Zygmunt Konarski, St. Mary's Cathedral of the Assumption,
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are attributed to him. This way he became an important figure of
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Royal Chapel, in 1681. He later created statues for King
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In 1713, Schlüter's fame brought him to work for Tsar
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Andreas Schlüter (film)

Portrait
town hall

Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus
Krasiński Palace
Warsaw

Equestrian statue
Great Elector

Amber Room
baroque
Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Tsardom
Hamburg
St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg
Danzig
Royal Prussia
Journeyman
Sambor
Mestwin
Pelplin monastery
Danzig
John III Sobieski
Wilanów Palace
Warsaw
Zhovkva

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