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The statuette consists of three parts: the horse, the rider's body with the saddle, and the rider's head. It has a total height of 24 cm. The rider is depicted with a moustache, an open crown on his head, a sword in his right hand (lost), an imperial orb in his left hand, and a riding cloak fastened with a fibula.
The equestrian statue of Charlemagne (1725), which portrays the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne (742–814), [1] [2] was commissioned by Pope Clement XI (1649–1721) and carved by the Italian artist Agostino Cornacchini (1686–1754). It stands to the left of the portico of St Peter's Basilica. [citation needed]
The statue is located on the south side of the Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, close to the river Seine on the right-hand side when facing Notre-Dame cathedral. Charlemagne is represented in old age, wearing the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire and brandishing the Scepter of Charles V, traditionally known as "Scepter of ...
Equestrian statue of Charlemagne by Agostino Cornacchini (1725), St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Italy. Agostino Cornacchini (27 August 1686 – 1754) was an Italian sculptor and painter of the Rococo period, active mainly in Rome. He was born in Pescia and died in Rome. In 1712, Cornacchini established himself in the household of his uncle ...
Tencendur, or Tencendor ("strife") [1] is the warhorse of King Charlemagne in the French epic, The Song of Roland. [2] Tencendur is mentioned in laisse 239 of the poem. Next with both spurs he's gored his horse's flanks, And Tencendor has made four bounds thereat. — (Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff translation, 1919)
Equestrian statue of George Washington (Paris) Equestrian statue of Henry IV; Equestrian statue of Louis XIV (Bernini) Equestrian statue of Louis XIV (Versailles) Equestrian statue of William the Conqueror; Equestrian statuette of Charlemagne
The name "Bayard" became associated in English literature with a clownish, blind and foolish horse. Chaucer first used "Bayard" in a simile in the epic poem Troilus and Criseyde . As Troilus has been scorning the power of love before seeing Criseyde and falling in love himself, so Bayard, proudly skipping "out of the wey" while he pranced, had ...
The French name comes from an expression meaning "vigilant". Veillantif is first mentioned in The Song of Roland (v. 2032; laisse 151). Veillantif was given various origins. In the 12th century chanson de geste Aspremont, the horse is said to have formerly been in the possession of King Agolant's son Aumon.