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Wien (Land) Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47 (13.)
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Kaiser Josef IIJoseph II, Holy Roman EmperorWien 1741 - Wien 1790Holy Roman Emperor, 1765-90 (Wikipedia) |
Franz Anton Zauner
1795 (1810) |
Equestrian statue showing emperor Joseph II in the costume of a military leader from antiquity and the plinth is decorated on the front and back with dedicatory inscriptions, while the sides are embellished with reliefs showing Joseph as patron of trade and agriculture.
The statue was modelled after the equestian statue of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD).
It is the cast model (made 1795) of the monument on the Josefplatz and was in 1810 here erected because Joseph II had played an important role in ensuring the preservation and expansion oft he Botanic Garden and the menagerie after his father's death.
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A. Front left (East) pillar |
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B. Front left (East) pillar |
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C. Back right (West) pillar |
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D. Front right (North) pillar |
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D. IOSEPHO II ROM. IMP. PRINCIPI IN SVORVM ANIMIS IMMORTALI |
FRANCISCVS II ROM. IMP. EX FRATRE NEPOS ALTERI PARENTI POSVIT |
Emperor Joseph II Prince In his soul immortal |
Francis Roman Emperor from his brother a nephew for his second father erected (this statue) |
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