Berlin – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:27:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Friedrich Wilhelm Elector https://equestrianstatue.org/friedrich-wilhelm-kurfurst/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:45:58 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=18669 This baroque statue stood originally on the ‘Lange Brücke’, the present Rathausbrücke. The design of the statue was clearly inspired by the Marcus Aurelius example. The elector seated on his horse without stir ups, half in Roman dress and half in the dress of his time. In World War II, the statue was brought into … Continue reading "Friedrich Wilhelm Elector"

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]]> Preussen, Friedrich Heinrich von https://equestrianstatue.org/preussen-friedrich-heinrich-ludwig-von/ Sat, 07 Jan 2017 13:02:39 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=13607 Part of the monument for Ludwig II der Grosse. Rauch began in 1830 , along with the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the models for a colossal equestrian monument at Berlin to honor King Friedrich II, der Grosse. This work was inaugurated with great pomp in May 1851, and is regarded as one of the masterpieces of modern sculpture, … Continue reading "Preussen, Friedrich Heinrich von"

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]]> Lionfighter https://equestrianstatue.org/the-lionfighter/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:24 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/the-lionfighter/ In front of the National museum in Berlin is, next to the Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther, another dramatic and magnificent bronze sculpture: Man Fighting a Lion. The sculpture depicts a man seated on a rearing horse with a roaring lion lying just beneath the horse, reaching up and clawing the front flank of the horse. Replicas … Continue reading "Lionfighter"

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]]> Mounted Amazon https://equestrianstatue.org/mounted-amazon/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:23 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/mounted-amazon/ The post Mounted Amazon appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Amazon attacked https://equestrianstatue.org/the-amazon-attacked/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:23 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/the-amazon-attacked/ Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther (1837) in front of the National Museum in Berlin, is a great work of art by Kiss depicting a bare-breasted female, seated on a rearing horse that is caught in the jaws of an attacking panther that has wrapped itself around the horse’s neck. Replicas cast from this sculpture was … Continue reading "Amazon attacked"

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]]> Saint George https://equestrianstatue.org/george-saint-8/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:03 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/george-saint-8/ One of the best sculptures of Saint George that I know

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]]> Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Ferdinand von, Count https://equestrianstatue.org/braunschweig-ferdinand-von-herzog/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1171 Rauch began in 1830 , along with the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the models for a colossal equestrian monument at Berlin to honor King Friedrich II, der Grosse. This work was inaugurated with great pomp in 1851, and is regarded as one of the masterpieces of modern sculpture, the crowning achievement of Rauch’s work as a portrait and … Continue reading "Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Ferdinand von, Count"

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]]> Friedrich II der Grosse https://equestrianstatue.org/friedrich-ii-der-grosse/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1360 This huge statue of the king in classical style was erected at Unter den Linden, the famous Berlin boulevard, in 1851. The monument shows the king surrounded by his advisors and generals, 74 people altogether, 21 of them life size, among whom four generals on horseback: Ferdinand Von Braunschweig Wolfenbüttel, Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preussen, … Continue reading "Friedrich II der Grosse"

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]]> Friedrich Wilhelm lV https://equestrianstatue.org/friedrich-wilhelm-lv/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1365 The post Friedrich Wilhelm lV appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm von https://equestrianstatue.org/seydlitz-friedrich-wilhelm-von/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1919 Part of the monument for Friedrich II der Grosse. Rauch began in 1830 , along with the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the models for a colossal equestrian monument at Berlin to honor King Friedrich II, der Grosse. This work was inaugurated with great pomp in May 1851, and is regarded as one of the masterpieces of modern sculpture, … Continue reading "Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm von"

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