Amazone zu Pferde (Kiss)
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 |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| 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
References
- Grissom, Carol A. (2009). Zinc sculpture in America, 1850-1950. University of Delaware Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN 9780874130317.
- "The Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther". Association for Public Art.
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