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68 Section. 2. BERLIN. Royal Palace.
view of the Linden and the Lustgarten) are various pictures, in¬
cluding battle-scenes by Rbchling: Hohenfriedberg (1745), Tres
Forcas (1856), Zorndorf (1758), and Kolin (1757); also Schobel,
Generals of Frederick the Great before his dead body. Main wall:
Weidemann, King Frederick I. and Queen Sophia Charlotte;
Menzel, *Coronation of King William I. at Konigsberg in 1861;
Billow, Emp. William I.; Keinke, Emp. Frederick; Corcos, Emp.
William II. and Empress Augusta Victoria; A. von Werner, King
William proclaimed Emperor at Versailles in 1871, and Emp. Wil¬
liam II. opening the Imperial Diet for the first time. At the end of
the gallery, to the right, is a sculptured *Group of Queen Louise
and her sister (1795), by Schadow.
We now reach the West Wing and enter the Gallery of the
White Saloon, the addition of which (see p. 65) remedied the former
isolated position of the saloon. The gallery is adorned with Gobelins
tapestry (scenes from 'Don Quixote; woven at Paris in 1774-76)
and with portraits of members of allied reigning families. It com¬
municates by several doors with the *Weisse Saal or White
Saloon, a large hall 105 ft. in length, 52 ft. in width, and 43 ft.
high, begun in 1728, completed by Stiller in 1844, and completely
remodelled by Ihne in 1894-95. The ceiling has been raised and
has received a rich plastic decoration, the four central spaces being
adorned with the arms of the Hohenzollerns as Burgraves, Electors,
Kings, and Emperors. The reliefs on the vaulting between the
walls and the ceiling are by O. Lessing and represent victorious
war as the fosterer of art, science, trade, and industry. The walls
are decorated in coloured marble and gilded bronze. Between the
coupled pilasters on the long side are 9 marble statues of Prussian
rulers as they appeared at the time of their accession to the throne:
the Great Elector, by Schaper, Frederick I., by Bbse, Frederick
William I., by Schott, Frederick the Great, by Magnussen, Fred¬
erick William II., by Calandrelli, Frederick William III., by
Eberlein, Frederick William IV., by Unger, William I., by K. von
Uchtritz, and Frederick III., by Baumbach. The opening of the
Reichstag and of the Landtag (Prussian Diet) as well as the chief
court festivities take place in the White Saloon.
The adjoining staircase leads to the *Palace Chapel (comp.
p. 67), an octagonal edifice, 113 ft. in height, lined with marble of
different colours, and adorned with frescoes on a gold ground. The
altar with its four columns is of yellow Egyptian alabaster, and is
backed by a richly gilded silver cross set with large precious stones.
The Palace contains altogether about 700 apartments, but permission
is seldom accorded to view any others than those above mentioned.
Adjoining the Kbnigs-Zimmer (PI. 3, p. 67) on the Second Floor, and
looking towards the river, are the so-called 'Alte Parade-Kammern' or
'Old State Rooms', occupied before the commencement of Schliiter's
building by Elector Frederick III. and containing rich decorations of his
period. Next to the3e comes the Boisierte Galerie or Wainscoted