- CountryAustria
- Town:Vienna
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Year of creation:1888
- Rider(s):Gideon Ernst Laudon
Baron Ernst Gideon von Laudon 1717 – 1790) was an Austrian general, one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great, allegedly lauded by Alexander Suvorov as his teacher. He served the position of military governorship of Habsburg Serbia from his capture of Belgrade in 1789 until his death, cooperating with the resistance fighters of Koča Anđelković.
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- Sculptor(s):Kaspar von Zumbusch
(1830 –1915) was a German sculptor, who became a pre-eminent sculptor of neo-Baroque monuments in Vienna.
He went at the age of eighteen to study in Munich. At first unsuccessfully at the Academy and then Polytechische Schule under Johann Halbig. He continued his studies in Rome. He won the competition in 1866 for a monument to Maximilian II of Bavaria in Munich, that was unveiled in 1875. In 1873 he was called to Vienna as professor in the academy, a post he held until 1901. His most important works are a statue of Count Rumford, Munich; and the monuments to Prince August of Prussia (Bellevue Park, Berlin), Beethoven (1873-1880, Vienna), Maria Theresa (1887, Vienna), and to Emperor William I (1896, Wittekindsberg, Westphalia). Also, in Vienna are his monuments to Count Radetzky (1891) and to Archduke Albrecht (1898-1899).
This statue is part of the Maria Theresiamonument
