The original fresco was made between 1872 – 1876 by W. Walther.
In 1907 the porcelain manufacture of Meissen transferred the painting into 23,921 little porcelain tiles to resist weathering.
With a length of 102 meters and a height of 10 meters (300 feet and 30 feet) it is world’s biggest porcelain mosaic.
The mural displays the ancestral portraits of the 35 Saxonian margraves, electors, dukes and kings of the House of Wettin between 1127 and 1904 to commemorate the 1000-year long reign of the Wettin dynasty.
The Display covers the exterior of the Royal Mews in Auguststrasse and starts with Konrad the Great and ends with Friedrich August III.
During the February 1945 bombing of Dresden, only 654 tiles were broken. In 1978-1979 the display was restored in its original beauty.