Karl Friedrich Schinkel ⎮ De Hal der Sterren in het Paleis van de Koningin van de Nacht ⎮ Mok, 33 cl

⎩Product Details⎫

▫︎ Inspiration:  The Hall of Stars in the Palace of the Queen of the Night, from Act 1, Scene 6 of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, 1847.

▫︎ Material: Ceramic

▫︎ Size: 11 oz (325 ml) • H: 9.5 cm • Ø: 8 cm

▫︎ Features: Safe for dishwasher (top rack recommended) and microwave

▫︎ Print: Museum-quality reproduction

Made in France

⎩Behind The Artist⎫

‘Build me the most beautiful theatre in Germany and tell me how much it costs!’ - With these words, Count Brühl, head of the royal theatres in Berlin, allegedly commissioned Karl Friedrich Schinkel, a young Prussian architect and painter, to design him the building of his dreams.

Schinkel's most renowned works are concentrated in Berlin, where he was tasked with transforming the city into a capital representative of Prussia. While his architectural style can be clearly defined as neoclassical, Schinkel as a theater set designer freely yielded to his concealed eclecticism. 

His stage designs for the 1816 production of Mozart’s opera the Magic Flute ( Die Zauberflöte) are set in ancient Egypt and combine Romantic themes with Masonic elements, creating a dreamlike, ominous, and mystical atmosphere, in which the Queen of the Night mightily reigns.