Venice – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:24:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Colleoni, Bartolomeo https://equestrianstatue.org/colleoni-bartolomeo-2/ Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:49:45 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=13202 In his book A new history of Venice, Thomas F. Madden offers a more nuanced view on what happened. He states:  It was nothing of the sort. The placement of Colleoni’s statue was not a requirement of his will, but simply a request. But Venice was a republic, not a dictatorship of the sort that littered Italy. … Continue reading "Colleoni, Bartolomeo"

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]]> L’angelo della citta https://equestrianstatue.org/l-angelo-della-citta/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:27 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/l-angelo-della-citta/ One of the best sculptures I know of Marino Marini is L’angelo della Città in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection alongside the Canal Grande in Venice (1948). Peggy Guggenheim describes the Angel of the Citadel in her memoir, Confessions of an Art Addict:  It was a statue of a horse and rider, the latter with his arms spread out in ecstasy, … Continue reading "L’angelo della citta"

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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.

]]> Orsini, Nicolo https://equestrianstatue.org/orsini-nicolo/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:14 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/orsini-nicolo/ The post Orsini, Nicolo appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Emanuele ll, Vittorio https://equestrianstatue.org/emanuele-ll-vittorio-6/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1317 The post Emanuele ll, Vittorio appeared first on Equestrian statues.

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