Princesses Monument

The initial plaster version now stands in the Schinkelmuseum whereas the original marble group is in the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Artists and the public praised the work, but it was criticised by Louise's husband and fell into neglect for ninety years.

On 24 December 1793 crown prince Frederick William III married Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the Berlin Palace.

King Frederick William II was so impressed by the beauty and youthful charm of his new daughters-in-law, who were 17 and 15 years old at that time, that he asked Schadow to portray them in sculptures.

The contacts with Louise were more distant and the artist often had to be content to attend audiences given by the crown prince and his wife.