Horse Tamers by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg

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"Horse Tamers" by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg is a renowned series of dynamic bronze equestrian sculptures depicting men struggling to control rearing horses, celebrated as masterpieces of 19th-century Russian sculpture.

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instanceOf public monument
sculpture series
alsoKnownAs Horse Tamers by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
surface form: Horse Tamers (Clodt)
artForm outdoor sculpture
artisticStyle realism
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
creator Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
depicts men struggling to control horses
rearing horses
genre equestrian sculpture
hasPart Horse Tamer group 1
Horse Tamer group 2
Horse Tamer group 3
Horse Tamer group 4
heritageStatus cultural landmark of Saint Petersburg
inception 1840s
influencedBy classical equestrian statuary
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
locatedIn Russia
location St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
materialUsed bronze
movement 19th-century Russian sculpture
notableFor detailed anatomical rendering of horses
dynamic composition
expressive depiction of human effort and tension
significantPeriod Nicholas I of Russia era
subjectMatter human domination of nature
power and control
struggle and movement

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Anichkov Bridge hasSculptureGroup Horse Tamers by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
The Horse Tamers (Anichkov Bridge) hasPart Horse Tamers by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
this entity surface form: Horse Tamer sculpture 2
The Horse Tamers (Anichkov Bridge) hasPart Horse Tamers by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
this entity surface form: Horse Tamer sculpture 4
Horse Tamers by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg alsoKnownAs Horse Tamers by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
this entity surface form: Horse Tamers (Clodt)