Denmark – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:01:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Barbarian https://equestrianstatue.org/barbarian/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:23:30 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=24079 Photo by Ramblersen

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]]> A moment of peril https://equestrianstatue.org/battle-with-a-serpent/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:21 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/battle-with-a-serpent/ The original of this sculpture (1881) stands in the gardens of Leighton House in London.

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]]> Monument for Carl Nielsen https://equestrianstatue.org/monument-for-carl-nielsen/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:22:38 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/monument-for-carl-nielsen/ The sculptor was married to the Danish composer Carl Nielsen, who died in 1931. She completed two monuments in Denmark in his memory, one of them being this Young Man playing Pan-pipes on a Wingless Pegasus.

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]]> Margaret I https://equestrianstatue.org/margrete-i/ Thu, 21 Apr 2016 08:43:41 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=4575 Roskilde commissioned an equestrian statue of Margaret I of Denmark from Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen in the 1890s. She completed the first model in about 1897 but the final project was not completed due to lack of funding. In 2006, the equestrian statue was finally realized based on a plaster model which had been kept in … Continue reading "Margaret I"

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]]> Absalon, Bishop https://equestrianstatue.org/absalon-bishop-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1005 A fine neo-romantic equestrian in the town he founded: Copenhagen by Vilhelm Bissen (1902) showing Absalon sitting aloft on his rearing horse, portrayed as a warrior in helmet and armour and with a battle-axe in his hand.

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