Amazone zu Pferde is an 1841 bronze equestrian statue by August Kiss, installed outside the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany. It was based on a smaller clay model which August Kiss first built in 1839.[1] Amazone zu Pferde stands opposite its companion statue, Löwenkämpfer.[2]
Amazone zu Pferde | |
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![]() The sculpture in 2005 | |
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Artist | August Kiss |
Year | 1841 |
Standort | Berlin, Germany |
52°31′10″N 13°23′56″E / 52.5194°N 13.3989°E |
A bronze copy, cast in 1929, sits in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[2] Zinc copies also exist in England, Italy, and elsewhere in Germany.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Grissom, Carol A. (2009). Zinc sculpture in America, 1850-1950. University of Delaware Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN 978-0-87413-031-7.
- ^ a b "The Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther". Association for Public Art.
External links
edit- Media related to Amazone zu Pferde (Berlin, Altes Museum) at Wikimedia Commons