Funerary monuments – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Ladislaus of Naples https://equestrianstatue.org/ladislaus-of-naples/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:01:23 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=20935 In the church San Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples

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]]> Colleoni, Bartolomeo https://equestrianstatue.org/colleoni/ Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:38:03 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=13706 Colleoni built a splendid monument of his puissance in Bergamo: Capella Colleoni, originally the sacristy of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Colleoni took and held the Capella by force when the Consiglio della Misericordia refused to give the building to Colleoni for his half-proud, half-pious purpose. The construction, using the most expensive materials, cost him … Continue reading "Colleoni, Bartolomeo"

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]]> Serego, Cortesia https://equestrianstatue.org/serego-cortesia/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:17 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/serego-cortesia/ The post Serego, Cortesia appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Abercromby, Ralph https://equestrianstatue.org/abercromby-ralph/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:17 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/abercromby-ralph/ The post Abercromby, Ralph appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Wellington, Duke of https://equestrianstatue.org/wellington/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:17 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/wellington/  In 1856, Stevens took part in the competition for the Wellington monument, originally intended to be set up under one of the great arches of St Paul’s Cathedral, though it was only consigned to that position in 1892. Stevens agreed to carry out the monument for £20,000 – a quite derisory sum, as it turned out. Stevens devoted … Continue reading "Wellington, Duke of"

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]]> Pompeo Giustiniani https://equestrianstatue.org/pompeo-giustiniani/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:15 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/pompeo-giustiniani/ The post Pompeo Giustiniani appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Prato, Leonardo https://equestrianstatue.org/prato-leonardo/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:15 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/prato-leonardo/ The post Prato, Leonardo appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Savelli, Paolo https://equestrianstatue.org/savelli-paolo/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:15 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/savelli-paolo/ The painted wooden sculpture of a Roman prince and commander of the Venetian troops, Paolo Savelli, in the Basilica dei Frari is the oldest equestrian sculpture of Venice. Savelli died in 1405, as the result of a plague during a siege.

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]]> Baglioni, Horatio https://equestrianstatue.org/baglioni-horatio/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:14 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/baglioni-horatio/ In the Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice are four gilded wooden equestrian sculptures of condottieri. One of them, the condottiero Baglioni from Perugia (who died in 1617), is portrayed in a way that is reminiscent of Saint George and the dragon, with Baglioni’s horse crushing the enemy.

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]]> Contarini, Domenico https://equestrianstatue.org/contarini-domenico/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:14 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/contarini-domenico/ The post Contarini, Domenico appeared first on Equestrian statues.

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