[2] The Schinkel Gate is a three-part portal made of sandstone,[3] in which the unadorned side parts, which were added later to the original work, have rectangular blind areas above the door openings.

In the upper front parts, youthful figures are depicted in thinking and writing poses and in speaking gestures, embodying science and art.

Polyhymnia, as the muse of hymn poetry, pantomime and also geometry, is considered serious and thoughtful, which is expressed by her pose with her finger in front of her mouth.

[1] The Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat (born 1956) used it on the west side of his new building of the Augusteum as an entrance from the Leibnizforum.

[4] For this purpose, it was extensively restored by the Leipzig sculptor Markus Gläser (born 1960),[3] and the figures of the muses on the balustrade were also recreated.