Christian-Daniel-Rauch Museum

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The Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin houses one of the most significant collections of 19th-century art. It possesses an extensive collection of sculptures, from which a rich selection has been curated for the museum in Bad Arolsen. The focus is on works by Christian Daniel Rauch, who was born in Arolsen and is regarded as one of the leading masters of German Classicism. These are complemented by works that illustrate the development of German and international sculpture. The result is a rich picture of the art scene of the Goethe era, with its references to antiquity on the one hand and its realistic elements on the other. The museum has been housed in the Baroque Marstall building, which was designed by the architect Friedrich Franz Rothweil in a central location opposite the palace of the Princes of Waldeck. The curved building, whose function as a stately stable is depicted by horse sculptures in the pediment above the entrance, was completed in 1755 and is one of the most important structures commissioned by its patron, Prince Carl August Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont.