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Johann Gottfried Schadow

1764 - 1850

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Johann Gottfried Schadow (20 May 1764 – 27 January 1850) was a German Prussian sculptor. His most iconic work is the chariot on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, executed in 1793 when he was still only 29. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Gottfried Schadow has received more than 66,266 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Johann Gottfried Schadow is the 76th most popular sculptor (down from 68th in 2019), the 1,986th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,765th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 76 out of 189Before him are Yaacov Agam, Antonio Corradini, Cephisodotus the Elder, Nanni di Banco, Pietro Bernini, and Andrea Sansovino. After him are Calamis, Properzia de' Rossi, Dani Karavan, Marino Marini, David d'Angers, and Raymond Duchamp-Villon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 12Before him are José Gervasio Artigas, Alexander Mackenzie, Fletcher Christian, Sophie de Condorcet, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy. After him are Nikolai Rezanov, John Goodricke, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Charles Percier, Barbara von Krüdener, and Dorothea von Schlegel. Among people deceased in 1850, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 25Before him are Nikolaus Lenau, Józef Bem, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, William Sturgeon, and Adam Oehlenschläger. After him are William Prout, Wilhelm Beer, Gustav Schwab, John C. Calhoun, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, and Margaret Fuller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 1,986 out of 6,142Before him are Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561), Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757), Franz Aepinus (1724), Carl Oberg (1897), and Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1855). After him are Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), Andreas Cellarius (1596), John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Karl Ernst (1904), and Paul Gerhardt (1607).

Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 5Before him are Veit Stoss (1450), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), and Igor Mitoraj (1944). After him are Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Rebecca Horn (1944), Rudolf Belling (1886), Georg Kolbe (1877), and Eva Hesse (1936).