Erdmann Encke

Erdmann Encke (26 January 1843 – 7 July 1896) was a German sculptor.

He studied at the academy in Berlin and with Albert Wolff.

Several of the finest pieces of statuary in Berlin were designed by him, among them the following: “Friedrich Ludwig Jahn,” bronze statue (Hasenheide, Berlin); “Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg” (Façade of Town Hall, Berlin); “Queen Louise of Prussia” (Thiergarten, Berlin); and the sarcophagi of Emperor William I and Empress Augusta in the mausoleum at Charlottenburg.

He also executed a number of important bronze portrait busts, in which he used polychromy with success.

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