Equestrians not qualifying as statues as they are not free standing or have not a monumental size – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Mon, 17 May 2021 08:51:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Bertoldsbrunnen Zähringen https://equestrianstatue.org/bertold-duke-zahringen/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:23:48 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21211 This sculpture does not qualify as a statue due to the fact that it does not represent a specific person.

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]]> Gonzaga family https://equestrianstatue.org/gonzaga-family/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:43:50 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21008 The Room of Eagles in the Ducal Palace in Sabbioneta houses what is left of the Cavalcade, a series of wooden equestrian statues sculpted in 1587 to celebrate, in typical Habsburg style, the military strengths of the Gonzaga family.The ten statues that originally made up the cavalcade were situated in the Room of Horses, a … Continue reading "Gonzaga family"

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]]> Umberto I https://equestrianstatue.org/umberto-i-4/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:57:15 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=20988 Bas relief above the entrance of the tower of the Sforza castle in Milan

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]]> Louis XIV https://equestrianstatue.org/louis-xiv-4/ Wed, 10 May 2017 14:01:08 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=20388 This is a terracotta model of the statue and is displayed in Galleria Borghese. See for the whole story: Louis XIV and/or Marcus Curtius in Versailles

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]]> Bruce, Robert the https://equestrianstatue.org/bruce-robert-the-3/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:31:18 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=16620 Small copy of the statue in Bannockburn (UK)

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]]> Gradlon https://equestrianstatue.org/gradlon/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:26 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/gradlon/ The post Gradlon appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Louis XIV https://equestrianstatue.org/louis-xiv/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:26 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/louis-xiv/ Photographer unknown

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]]> Magdeburger Reiter https://equestrianstatue.org/otto-i-oder-ii/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:26 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/otto-i-oder-ii/ The Magdeburger Reiter dates from 1240 and probably represents Otto I (912–973): Otto the Great. The original sandstone statue can be seen in the Historical museum of Magdeburg. The sculpture was most likely to have originally been painted, but the colours have disappeared over the years. A gilded copy of it was placed on the Old Marketplace … Continue reading "Magdeburger Reiter"

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]]> Garibaldi, Giuseppe https://equestrianstatue.org/garibaldi-guiseppe/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:23 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/garibaldi-guiseppe/ The reason not to categorise this sculpture as a statue is the lack of monumentality. Photo by Pierorasero

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]]> Burgundy, Mary of https://equestrianstatue.org/burgundy-mary-of/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:22 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/burgundy-mary-of/ This sculpture, originally named Flandria Nostra and in 1987, on the occasion of the installation on the Muntsquare in Bruges, renamed in Mary of Burgundy, is an equestrian sculpture as it is too small to be an equestrian statue.

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