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Christian Daniel Rauch

Christian Daniel Rauch
Man with wispy white hair in his late 70s, wearing a long dark robe with bow tie, holding a sculptor's tool
Rauch in 1855
Born(1777-01-02)2 January 1777
Died3 December 1857(1857-12-03) (aged 80)
NationalityGerman
EducationFriedrich Valentin
Johann Christian Ruhl
Prussian Academy of Art
Known forSculpture
Notable workEquestrian statue of Frederick the Great
Christian Daniel Rauch by Ernst Rietschel (1857), Albertinum, Dresden
Rauch's grave in Berlin

Christian Daniel Rauch (2 January 1777 – 3 December 1857) was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century.


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