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Dining Room “… in addition to the paintings in the Dining Room, we are also captivated by the immaculately fashioned wood carvings on the ceilings and walls”. (Drachenfels and Schloss Drachenburg near Königswinter on the Rhine, undated, c.1904) Hunting themes were the chief source of inspiration for the ornate decoration in the Dining Room, which is at once imposing and domestic. In fi ve paintings, the Munich artist Ferdinand Wagner (1847-1927) illustrated the course of a hunt carried out by the Knight of Drachenfels Castle in the 14th century, the scenery that of the Rhine embankment. A picture entitled Riding out to the Hunt to the north east of the room acted as the introduction to the cycle of paintings. To the east, you see The Climax of the Hunt in which the distressed stag – harried by the hounds – fl ees into the Rhine whilst the knight riding on the riverbank is poised to throw his spear. The Boar Hunt to the south east also captures the decisive moment as the boar, cornered by the hounds, is fi nished off by the thrust of the huntsman’s spear. To the south west, you can see Taking a Rest near Godesberg. For its part, the Return from the Hunt was originally placed on the north-west side. The only mural to have survived is the south half of the east wall with its main painting of a stag hunt. The others have been missing since the end the Second World War. Lacunae in the east wall were reconstructed after 1947 and during the 1970s and the lacunae on the south and north walls were augmented in the 1970s – at times with great imagination due to the lack of original templates. In 2009, in the wake of the general restoration, the overpaintings (which in parts meshed with the original artwork) were removed, the actual paintings were cleaned up and the overlaps between original and augmentation lightly retouched so that the wonderful artwork as created by Ferdinand Wagner can be displayed in all its former splendour. The paintings of the 1970s in the south and in the north of the room have also been cleaned up and re-instated. Similarly, the original windows to the Dining Room were embellished by glass paintings with hunting themes. These glazings were made to measure in 1883/1884 by the Royal Court Stained Glass Manufactory of Franz Xavier Zettler, based in Munich, to sketches by Ferdinand Wagner and drawings by Alois Brunner. But they too have been missing since the Second World War. Most of the original woodwork preserved – such as ceiling, panelling and buffet, with all their intricate carvings – was carried out by the Hanover-based fi rm of Rümann. It was restored and partly reconstructed in 2009.
Dining Room, postcard 1905 (Archiv Schloss Drachenburg gGmbH.) A view of the east wall with buffet and south wall with fi replace Dining Room, photo 1948 (Archiv Schloss Drachenburg gGmbH.) A view of the preserved east wall painting and of the south wall with lacunae Condition of the east wall painting during restoration, photo 2009 (Archiv Schloss Drachenburg gGmbH.) The overpaintings of the 1970s vis à vis the original paintwork were removed. Between the original paintwork (above) and the augmentations of the 1940s and 1950s (below), the fi llings are exposed and visible. A Riding out to the Hunt (missing, re-imagined in the 1970s) B Stag Hunt (partly missing, augmented in the 1940s, 1950s and 1970s) C Boar Hunt (missing, reconstructed in the 1970s on the basis of a original template) D Taking a Rest near Bad Godesberg (missing, reconstructed in the 1970s on the basis of an original template) E Still Life: weapon belt(s), missing F Return from the Hunt (missing, mounted following misattributed reconstruction in the 1970s as Riding out to the Hunt) 25
Page 1 and 2: Schloss Drachenburg Visitors’ Gui
Page 3 and 4: Intro Dear Visitor, It is a great p
Page 5 and 6: Architectural Decoration The design
Page 7 and 8: Venus Terrace The Venus Terrace pla
Page 9 and 10: „Save the Petersberg!“ The Pete
Page 11 and 12: The Icon of Rhine Romanticism: the
Page 13 and 14: Nordic Summer Houses The second own
Page 15 and 16: Wotan Summer House After Jacob Hube
Page 17 and 18: Sea of Rocks Geologically speaking,
Page 19 and 20: Roland‘s Arch, Rhine Romanticism
Page 21 and 22: Nature Conversationists and the Dra
Page 23 and 24: A view from the east into the Main
Page 25 and 26: Joseph Flüggen: Sleeping Beauty Po
Page 27 and 28: Looking into the Hunting Trophy and
Page 29 and 30: Lacunae in the Main Staircase paint
Page 31 and 32: Reception Room, postcard 1905 (Arch
Page 33: For further information about the C
Page 37 and 38: Nibelung Room with a view through t
Page 39 and 40: West side of the Art Gallery with b
Page 41 and 42: Uhland window with lacunae Found 20
Page 43 and 44: Looking into the Tavern Room with t
Page 45 and 46: Hunt & Billiard Room, postcard 1905
Page 47 and 48: Library and Study Postcard 1903 (Ar
Page 49 and 50: Music Room, postcard 1905 - showing
Page 51 and 52: Layout of the Private Floor Porcela
Page 53 and 54: Preserved glass painting entitled Y
Page 55 and 56: Guest Bedroom, postcard 1905 (Archi
Page 57: Reconstructed stencils in the south

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