Voltaire Room – Schloss Sanssouci

Artist/Designer: Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt, Johann Gottfried Büring

Project Location: Potsdam, Germany

Figure 1: Voltaire Room, Sanssouci, Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt, 1752/3. ( Source | Accessed : December 11, 2016 | Photographer: Images may not be downloaded or otherwise used without written authorization of the Foundation. For permission contact Stiftung Preußische Schlösser and Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg/ Photographer or Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg/ Photographer at https://www.spsg.de/en/home/. )

Figure 2: Voltaire Room, Sanssouci, Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt, 1752/3. ( Source | Accessed : December 11, 2016 )

Figure 3: Voltaire Room, Sanssouci, Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt, 1752/3. ( Source | Accessed : December 11, 2016 )

Figure 4: Floor Plan, Schloss Sanssouci, Johann Gottfried Buering, 1745-47. ( Source | Accessed : December 11, 2016 )

Style/Period(s):
Rococo

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Stone, Plaster, Wood

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
18th Century

Additional Information:
Campbell, Gordon. The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Volume 1, Volume 1. Oxford: University Press, 2006.

Conti, Flavio. The World of Pleasure. Boston: HBJ Press, 1979.

Eckardt, Götz, and Hans-Joachim Giersberg. Schloss Sanssouci. Potsdam-Sanssouci: Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten Potsdom-Sanssouci, 1985.

Eggeling, T. Hoppenhaupt. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Fischer, Angelika, and Bernd Erhard Fischer. Voltaire in Sanssouci. Berlin: Ed. A.B. Fischer, 2007.

Images may not be downloaded or otherwise used without written authorization of the Foundation. For permission contact Stiftung Preußische Schlösser and Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg/ Photographer or Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg/ Photographer at https://www.spsg.de/en/home/.

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