Johann Melchior Kambly was a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo

Frederician Rococo

Frederician Rococo is a form of rococo, which developed in Prussia during the reign of Frederick the Great and combined influences from both France and the Netherlands. Its most famous adherent was the architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. Furthermore, the painter Antoine Pesne and even...

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Kambly was born in Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

. He worked predominantly as a royal architect in Potsdam

Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....

 and contributed to, among others, Sanssouci Palace, the New Palace

New Palace (Potsdam)

The New Palace is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci royal park in Potsdam, Germany. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War, under Frederick the Great and was completed in 1769...

, the Chinese House

Chinese house

Chinese house may refer to:*Chinese House , a landmark in Germany*Siheyuan, a traditional type of Chinese residence...

 and the New Chambers. No works have been recognized from his Swiss period. He died in Potsdam.

The name Kambly is also written as Camply or Kambli.

External links

• Komander, H. M: Von Schildkröt und bronce d'ormoly, Verein für die Geschichte Berlins e.V.