# Johann Gottfried artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1764-05-20
- Death date: 1850-01-27
- Nationality: German
- Movements: German Neoclassicism
- Common media: Sculpture, Drawing

## Portrait

![Johann Gottfried](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/HermannBiow.JohannGottfriedSchadow.Daguerreotypie.1846.P1162289.jpg/1280px-HermannBiow.JohannGottfriedSchadow.Daguerreotypie.1846.P1162289.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HermannBiow.JohannGottfriedSchadow.Daguerreotypie.1846.P1162289.jpg

## About Johann Gottfried

Appraisily maps the shortened page label “Johann Gottfried” to Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850), a German Prussian sculptor and draughtsman associated with German Neoclassicism. Schadow is described as a founder of the Berlin School of Sculpture and as an important figure in Berlin’s sculptural tradition. His documented major works include the Quadriga made for the Brandenburg Gate, the Princesses Group, and the tomb of Count Alexander von der Mark. Monumental commissions commemorating Blücher and Martin Luther also appear in the collected biographical sources. These works connect his practice with public monuments, funerary memorials, and carefully composed figural sculpture, while drawing formed another documented part of his activity. Collectors may encounter his full surname in catalogues, authority records, and attribution statements. Because the current public label omits “Schadow,” matching an object to the complete artist identity is especially important.

## Common works and media

The evidence identifies sculpture as Schadow’s principal practice and also records him as a draughtsman. Documented work types include monumental public sculpture, commemorative statues, funerary memorials, and figural groups. Named examples include the Brandenburg Gate Quadriga, the Princesses Group, the tomb of Count Alexander von der Mark, and monuments to Blücher and Martin Luther. The source pack does not establish the relative auction frequency of original sculptures, later casts, drawings, studies, or works carrying historical attributions.

## Market and appraisal context

Market assessment should begin by confirming that an offered work is connected to Johann Gottfried Schadow rather than another person sharing the given names. The collected sources support sculpture and drawing as relevant categories and document his association with monuments, memorials, and figural groups. They do not, however, supply a fetched auction-house catalogue, individual realized prices, or object-level evidence about material, dimensions, condition, provenance, editions, casting history, or date. Those details should be established from the object and its documentation, then compared with appropriately attributed public sales. The Appraisily page provides an auction-record context, but this source pack is not sufficient for a price prediction or a claim about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51989
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500020339
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG45215
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.23702.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Schadow
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Schadow
- Wikipedia: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Schadow
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/johann-gottfried/