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Rietschel, Ernest Friedrich August,
Lauchhammer Company,
Royal Foundry,
Portrait male -- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Portrait male -- Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von
Occupation -- Writer
Occupation -- Writer
Occupation -- Writer
Occupation -- Education
Ethnic -- German
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other
Literature -- Goethe
Literature -- Schiller
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
Goethe and Schiller, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rietschel, Ernest Friedrich August, 1804-1861, sculptor. (copy after).
Lauchhammer Company, founder.
Royal Foundry, founder.
Title:
Goethe and Schiller, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Goethe-Schiller Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original cast 1856. Commissioned 1905. Recast ca. 1905-1906. Installed 1907. Dedicated June 9, 1907. Relocated 1929. Rededicated June 2, 1929.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: Quincy granite or marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 84 1/2 in. x 47 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. 3 in. x 14 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 11 ft. 2 in.
Inscription:
(On plinth:) GOETHE SCHILLER (On base, front:) Goethe/and/Schiller (On base north:) Wir wollen sein ein einzig/Volk von Brudern,/In keiner Noth unstrenn und Gesahr./Schiller: Wilhelm Tell (On base, rear:) Errichtet von amerikanischen/Burgern deutschen Stammes./1907 (On base, south:) Nur der verdient sich Freiheit/wie das Jeben,/Der faglich sie erobern muk./Goethe: Faust unsigned
Description:
Portraits of Johann Goethe and Johann Schiller walking side-by-side. Goethe is dressed in a long jacket, a buttoned vest, a ruffled shirt, knee britches, stockings and shoes. He holds a laurel wreath in his proper right hand. Schiller is dressed in a long jacket, a buttoned vest, a ruffled collared shirt, knee britches, stockings and shoes. He stands to Goethe's proper left and holds a scroll in his lowered proper left hand while reaching for toward the wreath that Goethe holds with his proper right hand. Goethe's proper left hand is on Schiller's proper right shoulder.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von -- Full length
Portrait male -- Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von -- Full length
Occupation -- Writer -- Poet
Occupation -- Writer -- Dramatist
Occupation -- Writer -- Critic
Occupation -- Education -- Philosopher
Ethnic -- German
Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll
Object -- Other -- Wreath
Literature -- Goethe -- Faust
Literature -- Schiller -- Wilhelm Tell
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Located Rockefeller Park, German Cultural Garden, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio
Provenance:
Formerly located Wade Park, Cleveland, Ohio 1907-1929.
Remarks:
Commissioned by the Schiller-Goethe Monument Association which formed in May 1905 for the purpose of erecting a monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a German poet and dramatist and Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), a German poet, playwright, and historian. The original cast of this sculpture stands in Weimer, Germany and was cast by Royal Foundry. This cast by Lauchhammer Company was funded by the German-American citizens of Cleveland. The cost was 13,900 German marks and the base was $5,000. Originally installed in Wade Park, it was moved in 1929 to its current site upon the opening of the German Cultural Garden. The lettering on the base was stolen in 1933. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Their Paths are Peace," by Clara Lederer (Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, 1954). For further reading, see "Prarht-Gedenkbuch der Goethe Schiller-Denkmalweihe," by the Schiller-Goethe Monument Association, 1907.
The text on the base is translated as follows: (On base, north:) "Let us all be one people of brothers, inseparable in any kind of trouble or danger." Schiller: Wilhelm Tell (On base, south:) "The only one who earns freedom as well as life, is the one who has to conquer them daily." Goethe: Faust (On base, rear:) Erected by American citizens of German descent 1907.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS OH000573
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000573
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