Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

under Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau and Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff1769/1773

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt
Magdeburg, Germany

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715-1769) was a very popular poet and moral philosopher of the German Enlightenment and gave private lectures on moral, educational and poetic issues to the princely couple of Anhalt-Dessau.

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Title: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Creator: under Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau and Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff
Date Created: 1769/1773
Location Created: Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz, Schloss Wörlitz
Rights: Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt

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