From the French Revolution to the Second German Empire
1789–1871
The repercussions of the French Revolution spread rapidly throughout Europe and led to wars in the course of which the Holy Roman Empire collapsed in 1806. Under Napoleon, France’s power had been extended far into Central Europe by 1812. Political and social reforms were carried out in Prussia and the new states of the Rhine Confederation. After the Coalition Wars against the French emperor, the political and territorial changes in Germany could no longer be undone. The Congress of Vienna of 1814/15 re-established the old monarchies and brought peace and stability to Europe. Initial industrial centres arose in the states of the German Confederation.
The massive repression of liberal-democratic and national movements led to the revolutions of 1848/49, as a result of which the first German National Assembly was convened in Frankfurt, where it worked out a constitution. Yet in Germany the attempt to establish a democratic and constitutional state did not succeed. In 1871, after three wars against Denmark, Austria and France, the German Empire was founded as a nation-state under Prussian hegemony.
Henschel Brothers, The Corpse's Head – Caricature of Napoleon's Defeat in the Battle of Nations, December 1813.
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Snare Drum of the Vigilante Group of Harra in Thuringia, 1848-1849.
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Bicorn, worn by Napoleon I, 1815.
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Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794), after 1790.
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Johann Heinrich von Dannecker, Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) (new cast), 1808-1810 (original), 1994.
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Martin Gottlieb Klauer, Bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (new cast), 1780 (original), before 1900 (new cast).
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Karl Lachmann, Nibelungenlied: Der Nibelungen Noth mit der Klage. In der ältesten gestalt mit den Abweichungen der gemeinen Lesart, 1826.
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Baby Bottle with Screw Cap, ca. 1830.
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Johann Georg Klinger, Globe Triplet: Armillary Sphere, after 1791.
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Germania, 1848-1849.
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Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur (KPM), Display Cup with the Motif "Berlin Station of the Berlin Potsdamer Eisenbahn", with Saucer, 1838-1844.
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Johann Baptist Seele, L'Amusement des François – French Soldiers Having Wine, 1800-1801.
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Jean Guillaume Moitte, Egalité – Allegorical Sheet, 1793.
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Ludwig Wolf and Friedrich Jügel, Entrée de Napoléon premier à Berlin – Napoleon's Entry Through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on October 27, 1806, ca. 1806.
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Peter Krafft, Victory Report after the Battle of Leipzig on October 18, 1813, 1839.
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Dental Prosthesis, so-called "Waterloo Teeth", after 1815.
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Gottlieb Schick, Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), 1808-1809.
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Ladies’ Dress, ca. 1836.
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Accommodation Permit No. 532 for a Man, issued by the Arnstadt Council; Arnstadt, April 25, 1809.
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Heinrich Meyer, List of Prussian Subjects Who Went Missing in Russia in 1812, October 12, 1818. (Inv.Nr. Do 53/74)
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Pierre Gabriel Berthault, Storming of the Bastille July 14, 1789, 1804. (Inv.Nr. Gr S 57/10419)
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Meno Haas, Round Table in Tilsit: Napoleon and Queen Luise with Tsar Alexander, Frederick Wilhelm III and Joachim Murat (framed), 1807-1815.
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Plan of the Allied Army During the Siege of Mainz Along With the City and Fortress Mainz and Cassel. Leipzig: J.B. Small (1793), 1793.
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Anton von Werner, Arrival of King Wilhelm I of Prussia in Saarbrücken on August 9, 1870, 1877.
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Johann Baptist Lampi, Tsarina Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796) with a Diadem and Coronation Gown, ca. 1794. (Inv.Nr. 1988/1498)
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François Gérard, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1804-1814 / 15), in Coronation Regalia, 1806-1810. (Inv.Nr. 1990/3083)
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Wilhelm Gottfried Bauer, Ferdinand Zimmermann and His Daughter Marie, 1833. (Inv.Nr. 1990/159.1)
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Friedrich Ludwig Heine, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) During His Imprisonment 1820-1823, 1820-1822. (Inv.Nr. 1988/1497)
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