thumb|Lithographic print (1830) of Johann Gottfried Schadow
thumb|Schadow's grave in Berlin
Johann Gottfried Schadow (20 May 1764 – 27 January 1850) was a German Prussian sculptor.
His most iconic work is the chariot on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Biography
Schadow was born in Berlin, where his father was a poor tailor.
He trained as a sculptor under Antoine Tassaert, who was patronized by Frederick the Great. Taessert offered his daughter in marriage, but the pupil preferred to elope with a Jewish girl, Marianne Devidel in Rome After he married Devidel in Rome he also won the sculptors prize from the Accademia di San Luca in 1786.
He died in Berlin in 1850. His sons Rudolph and Friedrich Wilhelm were notable for sculpture and painting, respectively. He was the grandfather of admiral Felix von Bendemann of the German Imperial Navy.
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File:Brandenburg Gate Quadriga at Night.jpg|The centrepiece of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Image:Friederike von Preußen by Johann Gottfried Schadow.jpg|Frederica of Prussia
File:Melanchthon with Luther behind, by Schadow, Melanchthon House Museum, Wittenberg.jpg|Melanchthon with Luther behind, by Schadow, Melanchthon House Museum, Wittenberg
File:Crown Princess Louise of Prussia & Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, after Johann Gottfried Schadow, Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin, c. 1825-1850, porcelain - Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University - DSC01295.jpg|The Prinzessinengruppe: Schadow's famous statue of Friederica (right), with her sister, Louise
File:KS-Schadow 0974 Re AF-KS-671 (cropped).tif|Drawing of Harry Maitey, chalk and graphite, October 26, 1824
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Family
He was uncle to the sculptor Emil Wolff.