Lessing monument

Since the rediscovery of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's tomb in 1833, efforts have been made in Braunschweig to give a proper appreciation to the Enlightenment poet and, with the support of the later director of the Municipal Museum, Karl Schiller, the eminent sculptor Ernst Rietschel by designing a statue; The casting was completed in 1849 and the result was a bronze statue, whose head was formed from a bust by sculptor Christian Friedrich Krull.