The New International Encyclopædia/Engelhard, Wilhelm

ENGELHARD, ĕng'el-härt Wilhelm (1813-1902). A German sculptor and painter. He was born at Grünhagen, near Lüneburg, Prussia, and studied sculpture at Hanover, with Thorwaldsen at Copenhagen, and with Schwanthaler at Munich. In 1857, at the request of George V., King of Hanover, he executed the famous frieze in the Marienburg Palace representing the story of the Edda—a colossal work dealing with the main features of the Saga and rich in grand sculptural effects. There arc also statues by him at Munich, Rome, Hanover, Berlin, and elsewhere.