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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]
Marble statue of Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1670s); now replaced by a copy at the end of the pièce d'eau des Suisses Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans in Neuilly-sur-Seine, by Carlo Marochetti (1845), initially erected near Djamaa el Djedid in Algiers and relocated in 1981 [3]
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 ...
English: Statue of Charlemagne mounted on a horse holding a sword, on marble base, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France. Depicted people: Charles the Great : Date:
Equestrian statue of William the Conqueror; Equestrian statuette of Charlemagne; J. Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet) N. Equestrian statue of Napoleon; R. Rampin Rider
Charlemagne is represented wearing a chlamys and tunic, with a short sword on his side, and extending his arm in a gesture of friendship and protection towards France. [ 4 ] On the pedestal stand depictions of his father Pepin the Short , mother Bertrada of Laon , grandfather Charles Martel , great-grandfather Pepin of Herstal , great-great ...
Statue of Charlemagne in Liège. Louis Jehotte (7 November 1803 or 1804 – 3 February 1884) was a prominent Belgian sculptor working in a realist tradition that was inflected, who was responsible for the bronze equestrian monument to Charlemagne erected on the Boulevard d'Avroy in Liège, Belgium, in 1867.