The Fürstenzug on Paper
Concept
Jacob Franke (Digital Curator)
Marion Heisterberg (Curator, Kupferstich-Kabinett)
Martin Zavesky (Referent Digital Strategy)
Johanna Ziegler (Head conservator, Kupferstich-Kabinett)
Editors
Jacob Franke
Steve Gantke (Kupferstich-Kabinett)
Marion Heisterberg (Kupferstich-Kabinett)
Gernot Klatte (Rüstkammer)
Marie-Dénise Ludwig (Medien und Kommunikation)
Annegret Pabst (Kupferstich-Kabinett)
Holger Schuckelt (Kupferstich-Kabinett)
Johanna Ziegler (Kupferstich-Kabinett)
Films
Jacob Franke, Anastasia Vasiutina
Translation
Valentin Sebastian Lorenz
Speaking (in the films)
Sylvia Ciesielski, Wiebke Schneider
Technical implementation
XIMA MEDIA GmbH (Bianca Zimmer, Eliseo Malo)
The restoration and conservation of the Fürstenzug cartons is made possible by funding from the Rudolf-August Oetker-Stiftung.
The Fürstenzug on Paper
The preparatory drawings for the Dresden Fürstenzug (Procession of Princes) are the largest work in the Kupferstich-Kabinett. Placed side by side, they cover an area around 4 meters high and 100 meters long. The so-called “cartoons” were created for a mural on the Dresden palace façade along Augustusstrasse (completed in 1876). When this was replaced with porcelain tiles in 1904, the cartoons were used again.
Since November 2024, the cartoons have been examined, researched and restored with funding from the Rudolf-August Oetker Foundation.