barocco - Die schiefe Perle

In the organizer's words:

barocco - The crooked pearl - Performance

We cordially invite you to a very special event as part of the exhibition "In the Flow of Time" at Pankow Castle.

"barocco - the crooked pearl" is the first of 3 events and an extraordinary performance with the stunning baroque model Marie La Perle in the beautiful rococo hall in Schönhausen Castle (Pankow).

Before the official advertising goes online, there are a few days (until 10.8.) as Early Bird for only 10,-€ for this wonderful baroque life drawing session in Berlin's oldest rococo hall.

We look forward to seeing you, either with a drawing pencil or just to watch.

Book now! More info under the link: https://barsketcher.com/products/13-09-barocco-lifedrawing-by-christian-badel

Early bird tickets are only available until August 10th!

(Please bring your own drawing utensils and drawing boards. Attention: Please do not use liquids such as inkwells, oil paints and inks or other liquids. The parquet floor is a listed building).

Exciting side facts:
The lady of the house, Queen Elisabeth Christine, will walk through the palace in festive Baroque robes to match the palace interior. In Berlin's oldest surviving rococo hall, she will present a completely unknown version of her tragic life story.

She will show her guests a very revealing side that would certainly have astonished her husband, King Frederick II of Prussia. The staging of this session follows a fictitious idea that the spurned queen may not have lived as lonely, isolated and pious a life as is attributed to her by scholars.

Background: the marriage of King Frederick the Great, who was presumably homosexual, remained childless.

Frederick was imprisoned by his father after the execution of his best friend and was later married to Elisabeth Christine. After his father's death, the king no longer wanted to live under the same roof as his wife. He acquired Schönhausen Palace far outside the city and let her live there until her death ("hier sollst du schön Hausen).

The avenue leading from the city palace in Berlin Mitte to this lovely estate north of the city was named Schönhauser Allee after the palace.

Price information:

18,-€/ reduced: 15,-€ Early Bird-Ticket: 10€ (only valid until 10.08.!)