Donatello (b. ca. 1386, Florence, d. 1466, Florence)
1447-50
Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata
Piazza del Santo, Padua
Bronze 340*390 cm
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Andrea del Verrochio (b. 1435, Florence, d. 1488, Venice)
1480's
Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
Gilded bronze height 395 cm
110
Giovanni da Bologna (b. ca. 1524, Douai, d. 1608, Florence)
1587-94
Equestrian statue of Cosimo I
Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Bronze height 450 cm
110
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
161-180 AD
Capitol, Rome
The only antique bronze equestrian statue to survive.
There is a small scale copy by Filarete (1465) in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.
There is a small scale copy by Filarete (1465) in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.
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Andreas Schluter (b. ca. 1660, Hamburg, d. 1714, St. Petersburg)
1689-1703
Equestrian statue of Prince Frederick William, the Great Elector
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
Absolute monarch who transformed the Electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia after the Thirty Years War.
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The Horse-tamers (Castor and Pollux)
Roman 1st century AD
Quirinal, Rome
Statues: Marble, huge. Obelisk: Red granite 14.6m.
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