Johann Gottfried Schadow

Place: Berlin

Born: 1764

Death: 1850

Biography:

Johann Gottfried Schadow (20 May 1764 – 27 January 1850) was a German Prussian sculptor. Schadow was born in Berlin, where his father was a poor tailor. His first teacher was the sculptor Tassaert, patronized by Frederick the Great the master offered his daughter in marriage, but the pupil preferred to elope with a Jewish girl, Marianne Devidel, to...