List of equestrian statues

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This is a list of equestrian statues by country.

[edit] Argentina

Equestrian statue of José de San Martín in Rio Cuarto
Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi in Buenos Aires

[edit] Armenia

Modern equestrian statues of David of Sassoun, Hovhannes Baghramian, Gayk Bzhishkyan, Andranik Ozanian and Vartan Mamikonian in Yerevan

[edit] Australia

Sydney, King Edward VII, location- near Conservatorium of music, Macquarie St. sculptor- Sir Thomas Brock. date erected- 1921.
Blackheath, equestrian statue of the mythical bushranger, Govett, who leapt his horse over a cliff rather than be captured. This event, commemorated in bronze, never took place. The name Govett's Leap pertains to a waterfall named after a surveyor William Romaine Govett.

Archduke Charles of Austria, Heldenplatz, Vienna

[edit] Austria

Archduke Charles of Austria and Prince Eugene of Savoy, Heldenplatz, Vienna, both by Anton Dominik Fernkorn; the equestrian sculpture of Archduke Charles is insofar a miracle which stands for Fernkorn's craftmanship as a sculptor, as only the two back legs of the horse have a connection with the pedestal, outdoing the achievement of Tacca's equestrian sculpture of Philip IV in Madrid.

[edit] Belgium

Equestrian monument of Godfrey of Bouillon,Royal Square, Brussels, Belgium

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

Equestrian of Peter I of Yugoslavia, in Bijeljina by Rudolf Valdec, 1926-1941 (demolished by Ustashas during occupation), restored in 1992.

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Monument of king Peter I of Yugoslavia

[edit] Bulgaria

Monument to the Tsar Liberator in Sofia

[edit] Canada

Statue of Elizabeth II at Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Monument to R.L. Boyle, at Central Memorial Park (Calgary), Alberta.^[1]
Equestrian statue of Queen Elizabeth II at Parliament Hill, Ottawa.

[edit] Chile

Equestrian of José de San Martín in Santiago de Chile

[edit] Croatia

Equestrian of Ban Josip Jelačić in Zagreb

Jan Žižka, Vítkov Hill, Prague

[edit] Czech Republic

Equestrian monument of Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia by Josef Václav Myslbek on Wenceslas Square, Prague
Equestrian monument of Jan Žižka by Bohumil Kafka in Žižkov, Prague - 9 m tall
Equestrian monument of George of Podebrady by Bohuslav Schnirch in Poděbrady
Equestrian monument of Francis I by Josef Max in Prague

[edit] Denmark

Equestrian monument of King Christian V by French sculptor Abraham-César Lamoureux (1635–1692) on Kongens Nytorv (The King's New Square), Copenhagen. Originally in lead 1688, replaced in 1945 by a bronze copy.
Equestrian monument of King Frederik V in bronze by Jacques-Francois-Joseph Saly in front of Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, erected 1771.
Equestrian monument of King Frederik VII in bronze by H. Bissen on Christiansborg Palace Square, Copenhagen, erected 1873.
Equestrian monument of King Christian IX in bronze by L. Brandstrup in Esjerg erected 1899.
Equestrian monument of Bishop Absalon in bronze by Vilhelm Bissen on Højbro Plads, Copenhagen, erected 1902.
Equestrian monument of King Christian IX in bronze by L. Brandstrup in Slagelse erected 1910.
Equestrian monument of King Christian IX in bronze by C. Bonnesen in Aalborg erected 1910.
Equestrian monument of King Christian IX in bronze by Aksel Hansen in Odense erected 1912.
Equestrian monument of King Christian IX in bronze by Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen in Copenhagen erected 1927.
Equestrian monument of King Christian X in bronze by V. Kvederis in Nakskov erected in 1952
Equestrian monument of King Christian X in bronze by E. Utzon-Frank on St. Annæ Square, Copenhagen, erected in 1954.
Equestrian monument of King Christian X in bronze by Helen Schou on Bispetorv (Bishop's Square), Aarhus, erected in 1955.

[edit] Finland

Jeanne d'Arc by Frémiet

Bronze equestrian monument of Marshal of Finland C.G.E. Mannerheim, located beside the main street Mannerheimintie in Helsinki in front of the Kiasma museum of modern art, by Aimo Tukiainen, erected in 1960.
Bronze equestrian monument of Marshal of Finland C.G.E. Mannerheim, located in Asematori square in Lahti, by Veikko Leppänen, erected in 1959.
Equestrian statue of Field Marshal Johan August Sandels, on his horse Bijou, in Rantsila town centre, by team of sculptors led by Martti Väänänen, erected in 1989.

The Bamberg Horseman, Cathedral, c. 1225-37

Berlin

Equestrian monument of Friedrich the Great, Unter den Linden by Christian Daniel Rauch

Braunschweig

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, design by Franz Pönninger, Vienna, foundry Georg Ferdinand Howaldt, Braunschweig
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm (Brunswick and Lüneburg), design by Ernst Hähnel, Dresden, foundry Georg Ferdinand Howaldt, Braunschweig

Bremen

Kaiser Friedrich III of Germany (Hohenzollern), design Louis Tuaillon

Cologne

King Frederick William IV of Prussia, Rhine bridge, by Gustav Blaeser

Hanover

King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, Central station, design by Albert Wolff

Koblenz

The equestrian sculptural monument of Kaiser Wilhelm I, Deutsches Eck, by Emil Hundrieser, is the tallest of the Kaiser Wilhelm equestrian monuments, the sculpture itself is 14 meters high.

Lübeck

Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, design Louis Tuaillon

Magdeburg

The first equestrian sculpture north of the alps is the Magdeburger Reiter ("Magdeburg equestrian"), ca. 1240 in Magdeburg, probably showing Kaiser Otto I.

Merseburg

King Frederick William III of Prussia, design Louis Tuaillon

Weimar

Carl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by Adolf von Donndorf

The Bamberg Horseman

Frederick the Great by Rauch, Unter den Linden, Berlin

Magdeburger Reiter

[edit] Greece

Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great , in Thessaloniki. Bucephalos is standing on two legs !

Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great, on the waterfront at Thessaloniki, capital of Greek Macedonia.

[edit] Hungary

Equestrian of Stephen I by Alajos Stróbl in Budapest, Hungary

[edit] India

Equestrian statue of Sir Mark Cubbon in Cubbon Park, Bangalore. Ordered from Baron Maroschetti and unveiled on the 16 March 1866.

[edit] Iran

Bronze Statue of Nader Shah at Nader's mausoleum in Mashhad, by Abolhassan Khan Sadighi 1956 .
Bronze statue of Yaqub-e Layth, in Central Square, Zabol, by Abolhassan Khan Sadighi 1977

[edit] Italy

Equestrian sculpture of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome. 12 m tall ^[2]
Bronze equestrian of Marcus Aurelius, (second half of the 2nd century) 5 m. tall, located at the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome. It is a remarkably well preserved bronze equestrian
Equestrian of Emperor Constantine in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Bartolomeo Colleoni by Verrocchio in Venice.
Donatello's Gattamelata in Padua
Giambolognas and Pietro Taccas equestrian of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence
Cosimo I de' Medici by Giambologna in Florence.
Francesco Mochi's monuments to Alessandro Farnese and Ranuccio Farnese in Piazza Cavalli (Horses' Square), Piacenza.

Gattamelata (Padua)

Ferdinando de Medici (Florence)

Colleoni (Venice)

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

Equestrian statue of Mikhail Frunze at a large park across from the train station

Peter the Great, Riga

[edit] Latvia

Equestrian monument of Peter the Great, at Brīvības gatves in Riga, by German sculptor Schmidt-Kossel, erected in 1910. The statue was evacuated and lost during WW1, but was later returned to Riga.

[edit] Mexico

Equestrian of Charles IV of Spain, downtown Mexico City, by Tolsá

Charles IV, Mexico City

Alexander Suvorov, Tiraspol

Equestrian statue of Emiliano Zapata at the Hacienda de Chinameca, Morelos state, site of Zapata's death.

[edit] Moldova

Equestrian monument of Alexander Suvorov in Tiraspol, central square.

King Karl Johan, Oslo

[edit] Norway

Equestrian monument of King Karl Johan, at the King's Castle in Oslo, by Brynjulf Bergslien.

[edit] Philippines

Equestrian statue of Gabriela Silang in Ayala Avenue Makati City.

[edit] Peru

Equestrian of Francisco Pizarro, in Lima, by Charles Cary Rumsey.
Equestrian of José de San Martín in Lima, San Martín Square, by Mariano Benlliure.

[edit] Poland

Equestrian of King John III Sobieski in Wilanów Palace, Warszawa Foto
Equestrian of King John III Sobieski in Gdańsk by Tadeusz Barącz
Equestrian of Prince Józef Poniatowski at the Presidential Palace, Warsaw by Bertel Thorvaldsen
Equestrian of Field Marshal Józef Piłsudski in Katowice by Antun Augustinčić
Equestrian of Field Marshal Józef Piłsudski in Lublin by Jan Raszka Foto
Equestrian of Field Marshal Józef Piłsudski in Ostrów Mazowiecka by Antoni Pug-Miszewski
Equestrian of General Tadeusz Kościuszko in Kraków by Leonard Marconi and Antoni Popiel
Monument of King Władysław Jagiełło in Kraków by Antoni Wiwulski
Monument of The Polish Cavalry in Komarów, Lublin Voivodeship Foto
Monument of The Polish Cavalry in Warszawa Foto
Equestrian of Hetman Jan Zamoyski in Zamość by Marian Konieczny
Monument of Saint Martin of Tours in Odolanów by Jerzy Sobociński

Prince Poniatowski, Warsaw	Field Marshal Józef Piłsudski, Katowice	King John III Sobieski, Gdańsk	Tadeusz Kościuszko, Kraków
King Władysław Jagiełło, Kraków	Jan Zamoyski, Zamość	Saint Martin of Tours, Odolanów

[edit] Portugal

Equestrian Statue of King Joseph I in Praça do Comércio, Lisbon

Equestrian Statue of King John I in Praça da Figueira, Lisbon

King Joseph I, Lisbon

King John I, Lisbon

[edit] Romania

Equestrian Statue of HM Carol I in Bucharest, destroyed by the Communists in 1948.By Ivan Mestrovic.
Equestrian Statue of HM Ferdinand in Bucharest, destroyed by the Communists in 1948.By Ivan Mestrovic.

Image of the melted old original : http://www.flickr.com/photos/93051314@N00/2043778929/in/set-72157594148443846/ Image of the kept in Zagreb original plaster : http://www.flickr.com/photos/93051314@N00/2498586379/in/set-72157594148443846/

[edit] Russia

Moscow

Equestrian statue of Yury Dolgoruky on Tverskaya Street.
Equestrian statue of Georgy Zhukov on Manege Square.

Saint Petersburg

The Bronze Horseman, as this awesome statue of Peter the Great on the Senate Square of Saint Petersburg is generally known, is the main work of Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-91).

The Monument to Peter I in front of St. Michael's Castle.

Bronze equestrian of Nicholas I of Russia in front of St Isaac's Cathedral was the first equestrian statue in the world with merely two support points (the rear feet of the horse).

Impressionist bronze equestrian of Alexander III of Russia by Paolo Troubetzkoy, formerly in front of the Moscow Rail Terminal, now in the courtyard of the Marble Palace.

Dmitrov

Monument to the Saints Boris and Gleb.

Tolyatti

Monument to Vasily Tatischev.

The monument figures prominently in several works of fiction, including Andrei Bely's modernist novel Petersburg

The Bronze Horseman in Saint Petersburg, probably the most famous equestrian from the 18th century.

Yury Dolgoruky in Moscow, a celebrated example of Socialist Realism equestrian sculpture

[edit] Serbia

Equestrian of Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade by Enrico Pazzi, 1882.
Equestrian of Peter I of Yugoslavia, in Zrenjanin by Rudolf Valdec, 1926-1941 (demolished by Nazis during occupation), restored in 2004.
Monument of the Liberators, in Niš by Antun Augustinčić, 1936.

Monument of king Peter I of Yugoslavia

Monument to the liberators of Niš

[edit] Spain

Equestrian of Philip IV in Madrid, by Pietro Tacca. Begun in 1634. The daring stability of the statue was calculated by Galileo Galilei. The horse rears, and the entire weight of the sculpture balances on the two rear legs and tail.
Equestrian of Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara in Madrid. Probably the best known equestrian sculpture in Spain.
Equestrian of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, part of the Monument to Cervantes in Madrid.
Equestrian of Francisco Pizarro at the Major Square of Trujillo, where he was born.
Equestrian of Isabella of Castile (1451–1504). Erected in Madrid (Spain) in 1883. Made of bronze by Manuel Oms Canet (Barcelona 1843–1886).
Equestrian of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, (Gran Capitán), in Córdoba, by Mateo Inurria. The head is a portrait of El Lagartijo, a famous bullfighter.
Equestrian of Alfonso XII, at the Retiro Park, monument by Grases Riera and bronze sculpture by Mariano Benlliure.
Equestrian of General Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831–1900). Inaugurated in 1907. Made by Mariano Benlliure (1862–1947)
Equestrian of El Cid in Burgos. The El Cid Statue overlooks the Plaza de Panama, facing south toward the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. This 23-ft (7-m) tall bronze equestrian sculpture was dedicated in 1930 as a symbolic guardian of Balboa Park.

Statue of Philip IV in Madrid, by Tacca. The achievement of stability, owed to Galileo Galilei.	Monument to Francisco Pizarro at his natal town, Trujillo.	Statue of Philip III in Madrid, at the Plaza Mayor.	Monument to Cervantes: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the Plaza de España, Madrid.
Gonzalo de Cordoba by Mateo Inurria, erected in 1923 in Córdoba.	Arsenio Martinez Campos by Mariano Benlliure, erected in 1907, in Madrid.	Statue of El Cid in Burgos	Isabella of Castile by Manuel Oms (1883) in Madrid.

[edit] Sweden

Equestrian of Charles XIV John (Karl XIV Johan) by Bengt Erland Fogelberg located at Slussplan on Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden
Equestrian called Kopparmärra of Charles IX of Sweden, standing at Kungsportsplaten, Göteborg, Sweden
Equestrian of Charles X Gustav, standing at Stortorget, Malmö, Sweden

[edit] Turkey

Equestrian of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk by Pietro Canonica located in Samsun, Turkey, 1931.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Samsun

[edit] Ukraine

Equestrian of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, located in Kiev.
Equestrian of Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, located in Kiev.
Equestrian of Daniel of Halych, located in Lviv.

Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Kiev

Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny in Kiev.

Daniel of Halych, located in Lviv.

[edit] United Kingdom

Equestrian statue of Richard I outside the Houses of Parliament, London
Equestrian of King George IV in Trafalgar Square, London
Equestrian of Charles I in Trafalgar Square, London
Equestrian of the First Duke of Wellington outside Apsley House, London.
Lobey Dosser with Rank Bajin on El Fidelio, Woodlands Road, Glasgow. This monument to Bud Neill is claimed to be the only two-legged equestrian statue in the world. For further images see Commons:Category:Lobey Dosser.
Equestrain of the Emperor Nerva on Southgate St, Gloucester. A replica of a roman statue found in the ramains of the South Gate.
Equestrain of Lady Godiva(or Godgifu) in Coventry city centre. She was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and have such legends.

Greek Olympian rider at British Museum

Lobey Dosser monument to Bud Neill

Statue of Lady Godiva in Coventry city centre

[edit] United States

Alcalde, New Mexico

Juan de Oñate Monument

Oñate by Reynaldo Rivera

Baltimore, Maryland

John Eager Howard Monument, Washington Place, by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1904
Marquis de La Fayette Monument, Washington Place, by Andrew O'Connor, 1924

Boston, Massachusetts

George Washington, by Thomas Ball, 1869
General Joseph Hooker by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter, 1903
Appeal to the Great Spirit by Cyrus Dallin, 1904
Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, 1940

Shaw Memorial by St. Gaudens

Buffalo, New York

Francisco Pizarro Monument, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1910, cast in 1920

Francisco Pizarro depicted in Buffalo, New York

Charlottesville, Virginia

George Rogers Clark, by Robert Aitken, 1921
Stonewall Jackson by Charles Keck, 1921
Robert E. Lee, by Henry Shrady, finished by Leo Lentilli, 1924

Robert E Lee

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Chicago, Illinois

General Ulysses S. Grant by Louis T. Rebisso, 1891
A Signal of Peace by Cyrus Dallin, 1894
General John A. Logan by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1897
Thaddeus Kosciuszko by Kasmir Chodzinski, 1904
George Washington Memorial, by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter, 1904
General Philip Sheridan by Gutzon Borglum, 1923
Indians, two statues by Ivan Meštrović, 1928
Thomas Masaryk Memorial by Albin Polasek, 1941

Sheridan by Borglum	Masaryk by Polasek	Indian by Meštrović	Grant by Rebisso
Logan by St. Gaudens & Proctor

Colorado Springs, Colorado

William Jackson Palmer by Nathan Potter, 1929

Denver, Colorado

On the War Path by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1923
Buckaroo by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1920
Pioneer Monument, topped by an equestrian Kit Carson by Frederick MacMonnies,

Buckaroo

On the Warpath

Detroit, MI

Thaddeus Kosciuszko by Leonard Marconi, Original Casting: 1904, Establishment of this copy, 1978
Major General Alpheus Starkey Williams by Henry Merwin Shrady, 1921

El Paso, Texas

Juan de Oñate "The Equestrian" Monument, at the El Paso International Airport, by John Sherrill Houser, 2006 tall - 36 ft ^[3] (11 m)

Hoboken, New Jersey

The Torch Bearers by Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1955

Houston, Texas

Bronze equestrian of Sam Houston, by Enrico Filiberto Cerracchio, at the entrance of Hermann Park, 1925.

Kansas City, Missouri

The Scout, by Cyrus Dallin, on a hill overlooking Downtown Kansas City in Penn Valley Park, 1915.

McPherson, Kansas

Bronze equestrian of Civil War General James B. McPherson in the courtyard of the McPherson County Courthouse, 1917.

Madison, New Jersey

Francis Asbury by Augustus Lukeman, 1926

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko Park, by Gaetano Trentanove, 1906
Erastus B. Wolcott, Lake Park, by Francis Herman Packer, 1920
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben West Lisbon Avenue, by J. Otto Schweizer, 1921

Morristown, New Jersey

George Washington by F.G.R. Roth, 1928

Newark, New Jersey

George Washington by J. Massey Rhind
Bartolommeo Colleoni by J. Massey Rhind - a 1916 copy of Andrea del Verrocchio's statue

Washington by Rhind

Colleoni by Rhind

New York City

George Washington, by Henry Kirke Brown and John Quincy Adams Ward. 1856
Abraham Lincoln, from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, by Thomas Eakins and William R. O'Donovan, 1892
Ulysses S. Grant, from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, by Thomas Eakins and William R. O'Donovan, 1892
The Horse Tamers, Park Circle, Brooklyn, by Frederick MacMonnies, 1899
- Gilded statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman, Central Park, 59th Street and Fifth Avenue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1903
General Henry Warner Slocum, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, by Frederick MacMonnies, 1905
Washington at Valley Forge by Henry Shrady, 1906
Franz Sigel by Karl Bitter, 1907
Joan of Arc, Riverside Park at 93rd Street by Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1915
Simón Bolívar, by Sally James Farnham Central Park South at Avenue of the Americas. 1921
El Cid, courtyard of the Hispanic Society of America by Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1927
King Jagiello, Central Park, by Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostowski, pre 1939
Roosevelt Memorial, in front of the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West by James Earle Fraser, 1940
Peace, the United Nations Gardens by Antun Augustinčić, 1954
José Martí, Central Park, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1965

Theodore Roosevelt

Marti

Palmyra, Tennessee

Andrew Jackson, by Enoch Tanner Wickham, 1961
Dr. John W. Wickham, by Enoch Tanner Wickham, 1959

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

General George Gordon Meade by Alexander Milne Calder, 1887
Joan of Arc by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1890
General George B. McClellan by Henry Jackson Ellicott, 1894
Washington Monument by Rudolph Siemering, 1897
General John Fulton Reynolds by John Rogers, 1884
General Ulysses S. Grant by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter, 1897
The Medicine Man, by Cyrus Dallin, 1899
Cowboy by Frederick Remington, 1908
General Winfield Scott Hancock by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1910
General George B. McClellan by Edward Clark Potter, 1912
General Anthony Wayne by John Gregory, 1937

George Washington

John Reynolds

George McClellan

Joan of Arc

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

George Washington, West Park, by R.I. Pausch, 1891

Portland, Oregon

Theodore Roosevelt, South Park Blocks, by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1922

Richmond, Virginia

Washington Memorial, Thomas Crawford, 1857

The following statues are located on Monument Avenue.

Robert E. Lee by Antonin Mercié, 1890
JEB Stuart by Frederick Moynihan, 1907
Stonewall Jackson by Frederick William Sievers, 1919

George Washington

Robert E. Lee

JEB Stuart

"Stonewall" Jackson

St. Louis, Missouri

Bronze equestrian Apotheosis of Saint Louis in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum by Charles Niehaus

Apotheosis of Saint Louis

San Diego, California

El Cid, Balboa Park by Anna Hyatt Huntington

San Francisco, California

Simón Bolívar in U.N. Plaza

Trinidad, Colorado

Kit Carson cast bronze in Kit Carson Park by Augustus Lukeman and Frederic Roth (completed in 1912). Is widely considered to be the finest equestrian statue in North America.

Walpole, Massachusetts