Equestrian statue of King Carlo Alberto
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Alternative Title
Carlo Alberto di Savoia
Date
1900Description
Detail of relief sculpture on base; abdication of the king (center) in favor of his son, Victor Emanuel II; Charles Albert (Carlo Alberto Amedeo; 2 October 1798- 28 July 1849) was the King of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He abdicated after his forces were defeated by the Imperial Austrian army at the Battle of Novara (1849), and died in exile soon thereafter. The statue was dedicated on March 14, 1900 in the center of Quirinale Gardens in Rome near the Presidential Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale). The base is decorated with relief sculpture. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/10/2014)
Type of Work
equestrian statue; relief (sculpture)Subject
animal, historical, military or war, rulers and leaders, Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, 1798-1849, horse, wolf, Nineteenth century
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