#castle #history #prussia #castle #italy #glienicke Glienicke Castle - A Dream of Italy I Prince Friedrich Carl Alexander of Prussia A dream of Italy in the Havel landscape: In 1824, Prince Carl Alexander of Prussia had the Glienicke estate converted into a classicist villa. Karl Friedrich Schinkel drew up the plans for the ensemble of castle and outbuildings. The park was designed by the garden artist Peter Joseph Lenné, creating his first English landscape park in Prussia. From 1828 onwards, Prince Carl was known to have had various black servants in his court: among them Achmet, Sayio and, from 1873, Henry Wilson. They accompanied him on carriage rides, on trips, and were depicted in various paintings. The rare evidence of their existence makes it clear that their lives in Prussia were very different. However, the sources are silent about a black boy who was at the Berlin court as early as 1823. The research into the painting and the person portrayed is thus the start of an ongoing, in-depth investigation into black people at the Prussian court in the 19th century. The biographical attributions to the boy in the picture in the course of research for this year's exhibition "Castles.Prussia.Colonial" are currently very topical. NEW: Exhibition "Castles.Prussia.Colonial" (SPSG Colonial Contexts Steering Group) _______________________ IMPRINT Daniela Bensch Email: [email protected] Facebook ▸ / danielabensch VAT identification number: DE231129701 Person responsible for content in accordance with Section 55 II RStV: Daniela Bensch Leipzig Editing program: Adobe Premiere Pro Camera: Canon EOS M50 Mark II Music: YouTube Creative Tool