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Järnpojke, Little boy looking at the moon, the smallest statue in Stockholm. Järnpojke or Iron Boy (in English known as the "little boy who looks at the Moon") is a sculpture in Gamla stan (Old Town) of Stockholm, Sweden by Liss Eriksson, which is only 15 centimetres (5.9 in) high and therefore is the smallest public monument of Stockholm.
This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
The statue's origins are not well-known, but the 15th and 17th centuries are the most likely possibilities. [6] Her arrival into America was made possible by the Spanish, who carried several versions of The Virgin Mary with them on their travels. [5] There is a long history of armies carrying statues of saints into battle, for various purposes. [7]
Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world. Statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas - At 66 feet (20 m) tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.
Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.
On 5 September 2017 Wigan's was recognized by Guinness World Records as having created the smallest hand-made sculpture in the world, it measured 0.078 by 0.053 millimeters and depicted a human foetus. [8] This record beat his prior record set in 2013 when he made a 24-carat gold motorbike imbedded into a human hair. [9]
The previous world record was another work by Brâncuși called Danaide, which was sold for $18.1 million in May 2002. [3] The 2005 record stood for two years until a highly regarded work of antiquity surpassed the price. Artemis and the Stag, found in the 1920s at a Roman construction site, fetched $28.6 million in June 2007. [4]
It was known to locals unaware of its history as Tượng Bà đầm xòe (Statue of the Western lady wearing dress). When the French lost control of French Indochina during World War II, the statue was toppled on 1 August 1945, after being deemed a vestige of the colonial government along with other statues erected by the French. [90]