Theodor Erdmann Kalide (born 8 February 1801 in Königshütte; died 26. August 1863 in Gleiwitz) was a German sculptor. On the recommendation of the mining office (Oberbergamt) Kalide went from Silesia to Berlin around 1818/1819 where he studied at the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts. At about the same time he entered the workshop of the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow. Afterwards Kalide was taken over into the sculptor's studio of Christian Daniel Rauch. Under Rauch's direction he created the "Sleeping Lion", a bronze cast of which reached the grave monument for general Gerhard von Scharnhorst at the Invalids' Cemetery in Berlin, as well as the "Guarding Lion" as a counterpart. The two deer sculptures for Neustrelitz Castle were also created under Rauch's supervision, so that in both cases