Leopold Ahrendts (1825 – 1870) was a photographer in Berlin. He worked as a painter and lithographer.
By the mid 1850’s, Leopold Ahrendts had already achieved a prominent reputation as an urban and architectural photographer. His work was well received by the Prussian court, as well as in the Berlin art world and the public sphere. Art magazines praised his work, considering his images as “almost without exception, the most beautiful examples of architectural photography that we have encountered.”
Lange Brücke with view towards Mühlendamm, araund 1855. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Burgstraße and Lange Brücke with view towards the Royal Castle, around 1856. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Theater at Gendarmenmarkt, around 1856. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Cathedral, around 1856. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Square An der Stechbahn, around 1863. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Gendarmenmarkt, 1855-59. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Brandenburg Gate, 1855-59. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Unter den Linden. Seen from Royal Castle, 1855-59. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Lange Brücke with view towards Mühlendamm, around 1856. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts
Royal Castle, around 1856. Photographer: Leopold Ahrendts