Equestrian Statue Gustav II, Pierre Hubert Archeveque, Stockholm

The Equestrian Statue of Gustav II (1594 -1632).

Pierre Hubert Archeveque, (1721 - 78).

Stockholm.

The statues and base were created by Johan Tobias Sergel (1745 - 1814)
for an interesting article on Sergel see -

http://nationalmuseum.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:724883/FULLTEXT01.pdf


Erected Gustav Adolf Square Stockholm in 1796

The Model in the National Museum Stockholm

Bronze 96 cms tall

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Plaster version of the Equestrian Statue of Gustav II.

47 cms

Sold by Bukowski's Auction House, Stockholm

from - https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/574/149-pierre-hubert-l-archeveque-king-gustav-ii-adolf

Literature - Johan Cederlund, "Skulptören Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque 1721-1778", compare illustration p. 103 (plaster modell at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Sweden, no NM Sk 450). Chapter 6 discloses the creation of the statue.


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Johann Gottfried Schadow, drawing showing Sergel's project for the statues placed on the pedestal of the statue of King Gustavus Adolphus, 1791, 

pen and grey wash, 48,8 x 27,2 cm, with Schadow's own annotation. 
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, inv. no. 779. 

Here reprod. from Hans Mackowsky, Johann Gottfried Schadow: Jugend und Aufstieg 1764-1797, Berlin 1927, pl. 61 (photograph provided by Danish National Art Library).

For a really useful introduction to the sculptor Schadow including information on the three major 18th century Equestrian Statues in Scandinavia and Russia see

Patrick Kragelund, "'Man müsse keine Statue Equestre machen': Abildgaard and Schadow in Copenhagen 1791," in: RIHA Journal 0019 (21 March 2011) - available at -

http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2011/2011-jan-mar/kragelund-abildgaard-and-schadow

Info. above reproduced from this website. 

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Detail of the bronze rondels on the base of the equestrian statue of Gustav II _____________________________________



Johan Martin Preisler, Saly's equestrian statue of Frederick V at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, 1770, double folio. 
The Royal Library, Copenhagen. Müllers Pinakothek 6, 34, fol plus 

(photograph © The Royal Library, Copenhagen)

info above from -

http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2011/2011-jan-mar/kragelund-abildgaard-and-schadow