Amazone zu Pferde (Kiss)
Sculpture by August Kiss in Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
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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 | |
|---|---|
The sculpture in 2005 | |
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| Artist | August Kiss |
| Year | 1841 |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| 52°31′10″N 13°23′56″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]
