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Lot Essay
The view depicted is looking east from Unter den Linden to the Lustgarten with Das Königliche Schloss in the distance, Das Zeughaus in the middle distance, Die Neue Wache to the left of that and Die Universität on the far left. The portico of Das Opernhaus is on the far right.
Das Königliche Schloss had been the Hohenzollern family residence since the 15th Century. It was extensively rebuilt in the early 18th Century and Karl Friedrich Schinkel remodelled the interior for Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm (later IV) in the 1820's. The Schloss was demolished after being badly damaged in the Second World War. Das Zeughaus was the Royal Arsenal, built after the designs of Arnhold Nering between 1695-1706. Die Neue Wache (completed in 1818) was the first building designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and it can clearly be seen here without the zinc frieze cast with Victories which was added later in 1846. After this cabinet-cup was painted, the 18th Century opera house was destroyed by fire (in 1843), but when it was rebuilt by Frederick Wilhelm IV, the exterior closely resembled the 18th Century building.
For a cabinet cup decorated with the same view, see Erich Köllmann and Margarete Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan (Münich 1987), Vol. II, p. 540, no. 466.
Das Königliche Schloss had been the Hohenzollern family residence since the 15th Century. It was extensively rebuilt in the early 18th Century and Karl Friedrich Schinkel remodelled the interior for Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm (later IV) in the 1820's. The Schloss was demolished after being badly damaged in the Second World War. Das Zeughaus was the Royal Arsenal, built after the designs of Arnhold Nering between 1695-1706. Die Neue Wache (completed in 1818) was the first building designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and it can clearly be seen here without the zinc frieze cast with Victories which was added later in 1846. After this cabinet-cup was painted, the 18th Century opera house was destroyed by fire (in 1843), but when it was rebuilt by Frederick Wilhelm IV, the exterior closely resembled the 18th Century building.
For a cabinet cup decorated with the same view, see Erich Köllmann and Margarete Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan (Münich 1987), Vol. II, p. 540, no. 466.