Grave monument for Alexander von der Mark, 1793 print Alexander was the illegitimate favorite son of Friedrich Wilhelm II, king of Prussia. When the boy, eight and a half years old, suddenly died, many assumed that the child was poisoned on behalf of the court clique around the woman and legitimate children of Friedrich Wilhelm. The deceased child is presented lying on a sarcophagus and a mattress, his head based on a helmet and a pillow. His little sword slid out of his hand. The relief on the sarcophagus shows how Chronos, god of time, pulls the struggling boy away from Athena, goddess of sc
Grave monument for Alexander von der Mark, 1793 print Alexander was the illegitimate favorite son of Friedrich Wilhelm II, king of Prussia. When the boy, eight and a half years old, suddenly died, many assumed that the child was poisoned on behalf of the court clique around the woman and legitimate children of Friedrich Wilhelm. The deceased child is presented lying on a sarcophagus and a mattress, his head based on a helmet and a pillow. His little sword slid out of his hand. The relief on the sarcophagus shows how Chronos, god of time, pulls the struggling boy away from Athena, goddess of science and arts and the meager trick, and leads to the underworld. In the upper zone, the three branch goddesses are presented, with the old Atropos in the middle, which determines the length of the thread of life. paper grave-building, monumental tomb
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