Gebhard von Blücher
Gebhard von Blücher is a bronze neoclassical statue in Berlin’s Bebelplatz, portraying the Prussian field marshal who played a major role in the Napoleonic Wars. Christian Daniel Rauch created the sculpture between 1819 and 1826, using the symmetry and classical ideals associated with the Berlin school of sculpture.
The memorial originally formed part of an urban ensemble at the front of Unter den Linden. Since 1963, it has stood at the back of its present location in Bebelplatz, linking Berlin’s military history with its nineteenth-century sculptural tradition.
Bronze gives the figure both lasting strength and the fine detail that Rauch used to capture a historical personality.
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