Johann C.F. von Schiller

German-American citizens wished to honor their country's cultural heroes, Beethoven and Schiller, with monuments in the Park. The bust of Schiller, dramatist, poet, and philosopher, was the first sculpture to be placed in the Park. Its original site was in the Ramble, as Schiller was a Romantic nature poet. At a later date, the bust was moved to the Mall, which was deemed a more appropriate place for sculpture in the Park.