#equestrian statue

[romegreeceart]

Ancient Equestrian Statues

Marcus Nonius Balbus, 1st century BCE (MANN,July 2019)

2. Funerary statue of a child. Via Ostiense, Rome, 3rd century CE. (Baths of Diocletian Museum, Rome, July 2015)

3. Jockey of Artemision, 150-140 BCE. ( National Achaeological Museum of Athens, October 2008)

4. Dioscuri statues, from Theatre of Pempey (Piazza del Campidoglio, July 2012)

5. Marcus Aurelius, c. 175 CE (Capitoline Museums, July 2007)

6. Statue of a youth on horseback (British Museum, July 2022)

[uncleclaudius]

16th March 37 AD, Caligula became the third Roman Emperor.

The Romans really hoped they would have a good time after over twenty years of dour, unpopular Tiberius, and it certainly proved to be eventful.

Here is a statue of Caligula on a horse. Perhaps it is Incitatus, his favourite horse, which, despite what the most popular stories say, was not made a consul. However, Caligula did give the horse lavish stables and its own slaves to take care of him.

[horses-in-art-history]

Vital Gabriel Dubray, Equestrian Statuette of Napoleon I, c. 1877, Lady Lever Art Gallery.

[mahgnib]

Cyrus Dallin, “Appeal to the Great Spirit”, 1908. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Three angles

[akkar2]

Equestrian statue with portrait of an Iulian-Claudian prince, 1st half, 1st century AD British Museum, London

[artschoolglasses]

Equestrian statue of Louis XIV

Versailles, France

[a-sculpture-a-day]

Equestrian statue of Gattamelata, Donatello, 1445-1453, bronze, Padua.

[m3dieval]

Paolo Savelli's funerary monument (detail) at the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. Early 15th century.

[remembermeclear-61]

My deceased mother's maiden name was Savoy, the same line that exists in America...

Monument to Prince Eugene of Savoy in Vienna, Austria

[illustratus]

Equestrian statue of Philip IV, King of France in Notre-Dame Cathedral, destroyed between 1792 and 1794.

[emaadsidiki]

Victor Emmanuel II Monument 🐴🏛️🚩

[yeoldegodzilla]

Godzilla equestrian statue found in a church in Trieste.

[vox-anglosphere]

Thought to be the oldest photo of London in existence - a treasure.

A photograph of King Charles I's statue in front of Whitehall, snapped by French photographer Monsieur de St Croixin in 1839, believed to be the oldest photograph of London.

[monogreek]

"Yannis Pappas in search of Alexander" Exhibition,

Fougaro Art Center - Nafplion (Greece)

/ph. Yorgos Yannakos, October 31-2024/

[allylikethecat]

I just posted the final update of All the King's Horses and I full on cried while doing so. I can't believe it's done! Thank you so much to everyone who has been so kind and supportive of this fic!

ALSO PSA I have a bunch of asks in my inbox that you lovely people have sent me and I'm so sorry for being so slow to answer them - I'm going to try and answer all of them this evening 🩵

[caesarsaladinn]

my history class is focusing heavily on statues (for their own sake, and as representatives for national mythmaking writ large) and this is the first time in my life that I've wanted to post more discussion questions than the requirement. I fucking love huge statues, man