Løven Og Hesten – Copenhagen, Denmark
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dtrebilc
N 55° 41.040 E 012° 34.648
33U E 347697 N 6173570
This dramatic sculpture of a lion attacking a horse stands in Rosenburg Castle Gardens.
Waymark Code: WMHMF3
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 07/23/2013
Views: 16
The gardens were originally established in the early part of the 17th century by King Christian IV as private gardens for his Rosenburg Castle. But as early as 1710 after the new Frederiksberg Castle was built, the gardens became Copenhagen's earliest public park.
The sculpture is the oldest one in the park and was commissioned by King Christian IV from Peter Husum and Jorgen Wulff. It is a copy of a marble Roman statue on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.
It depicts a lion with a human face devouring a horse that it has brought down, ready for the kill. The horse is lying on its side with the lion biting into the horse's flank. The horse is desperately trying to reach round with its head and bite the lion's neck.
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There is a plaque on the plinth with details of the sculpture.
LØVEN OG HESTEN
AF PETER HUSUM
AKTIV 1616-1619
OG JORGEN WULFF
AKTIV 1619 - 1636
1625
English translation
LION AND HORSE
BY PETER HUSUM
ACTIVE 1616-1619
AND JORGEN WULFF
ACTIVE 1619 - 1636
1625