Schadow

Schadow (1), JOHANN GOTTFRIED, born at Berlin in 1764, became the favourite pupil of the sculptor Tassaert. Some two hundred of his works adorn the chief cities of Prussia. He wrote on art, and died in 1850. (2) RUDOLPH, his eldest son, born in 1786, followed his father's example, and was attaining some reputation when he died in Rome at the age of thirty-six. (3) GODENHAUS FRIEDRICH WILHELM was born in 1789. In 1819 he was made professor in the Berlin Academy, and in 1826 succeeded to the directorship of the Dusseldorf Academy; which under him achieved high distinction. He died in 1862.