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==Frederician Rococo== {{further ill|Friderizianisches Rokoko|de}} [[File:Friedrich II., mit Dreispitz, grรผรend (Franke).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Frederick the Great]], from Johann H. C. Franke, about 1781]] '''Frederician Rococo''' is a form of Rococo which developed in [[Prussia]] during the reign of [[Frederick the Great]] and combined influences from France, Germany (especially [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]]) and the [[Dutch Republic|Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Locker |first=Tobias |date=2017 |title=Frederician Rococo at the Service of the German Empire: The 1900 Paris World's Fair and the Decorative Arts |url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ActaArtis/article/view/19634 |journal=ACTA ARTIS: Estudis d'Art Modern |language=en |issue=4โ5 |pages=89โ97 |doi=10.1344/actaartis.4-5.2017.19634 |issn=2014-1912|doi-access=free }}</ref> Its most famous adherent was the architect [[Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff]]. Furthermore, the painter [[Antoine Pesne]] and even King Frederick himself influenced Knobelsdorff's designs. Famous buildings in the Frederician style include [[Sanssouci Palace]],<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sanssouci Palace |date=2012 |author1=Michael Scherf |author2=Hans Bach |author3=Joan Clough |isbn=978-3-422-04036-6 |edition=2nd |location=Berlin |oclc=796240061}}</ref> the [[Potsdam City Palace]], and parts of [[Charlottenburg Palace]].
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