
Gottfried SchadowDeutschland, 1764–1850Darf man es sehen?
Amsterdam, Niederlande
Der Eigentümer ist bekannt. Ob es heute ausgestellt ist, sagt das Museum nicht, und Raten haben wir nicht gelernt.
February 1785
Elopes with his beloved to Vienna
He runs away with his beloved Marianne Devidels to Vienna, to her father, his future father-in-law.
June – July 1785
To Italy on his future father-in-law’s money
On his future father-in-law’s money he sets off for Italy: he reaches Venice in June 1785, Florence in July and finally Rome.
25 August 1785
Marries Marianne Devidels
He marries Marianne Devidels, daughter of the Viennese jeweller Samuel Devidels. In Rome he converts to Catholicism, since his wife, a native of Prague, is Catholic.
1785–1787
Friendships with Füger, Zauner and Canova
He is friends with the German portrait painter Heinrich Füger, the Austrian sculptor Franz Anton von Zauner and the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova.
1785–1787
In Rome: Trippel and self-study of antiquity
He briefly joins the workshop of Alexander Trippel but then prefers to study ancient sculpture on his own.
9. Juli 1786
Son born: Rudolph Schadow