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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 ...
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 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
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)
An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin eques, meaning 'knight', deriving from equus, meaning 'horse'. [1] A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a difficult and expensive object for any culture to produce, and figures have typically been portraits of ...