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Ich will, daß nach meinem Tode keine Umstände mit mir gemacht werden. Man soll mir (sich) nicht öffnen, sondern stille nach Sanssouci bringen und in meinem Garten begraben lassen. Friedrich II., der Große, (1712 - 1786), preußischer König, genannt «Der alte Fritz»

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Don Valentin Bellvís de Moncada y Pizarro por Goya, 1795.

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Carl Joseph Begas, Wilhelmine Begas, the Artists Wife (detail), 1828

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Happy 305th Birthday Fridericus Rex!

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Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Russian: Ива́н Я́ковлевич Били́бин, 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1876 – 7 February 1942) was a 20th-century illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva, contributed to the Ballets Russes, co-founded the Union of Russian Painters(Russian: Сою́з ру́сских худо́жников) and from 1937 was a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. Throughout his career, he was inspired by Slavicfolklore.

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1776 Johann Georg Ziesenis - William V, Prince of Orange

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Herbert Arnould Olivier

British, 1861-1952

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In memoriam: Fridericus Rex († 17. August 1786)

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Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II (1744-1797).

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Anton von Werner (1843 - 1915), a German artist.

The images are not mine. All credits belong to their authors.

Die Bilder stammen nicht von mir. Alle Rechte liegen bei den jeweiligen Autoren.

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The Prussian Army at the Battle of Goldberg (1813).

Richard Knötel.

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Hermann Kaulbach (~1876) Friedrich der Große und Johann Sebastian Bach in Sanssouci

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Simon Bernard Lenoir. Detail from Portrait of a Young Lady, 1756.

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View of the Ornithology Study at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, 19th Century.

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Art detail: Jan Frans van Dael (1764 - 1840), Still-life with a bird, oil on canvas, Sotheby’s

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1753 Pietro Rotari - Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony

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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag - Friedrich II. oder Friedrich der Große (* 24. Januar 1712 in Berlin). Ab 1740 König in und ab 1772 König von Preußen sowie Kurfürst von Brandenburg.

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Kunstformen der Natur (Artforms of Nature), 1904 -  Ernst Haeckel