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The Bamberg Horseman (German: Der Bamberger Reiter) is an early 13th-century stone equestrian statue by an anonymous medieval sculptor in the cathedral of Bamberg, Germany.

Description

Dating probably from the time before the consecration of the cathedral's new building in 1237, but after 1225, it is located on a console at the north pillar of the St. George choir, it is not known whether this is the intended position of the statue although the base appears to be original and the structure of the base would seem to dissuade moving.[1]

Interpretation

Being located in a church and showing a crowned yet unarmed man, it is believed that it represents a specific king, perhaps one who was a saint. A candidate is Emperor Henry II (973-1024) who is buried in the cathedral along with Pope Clement II, but he would likely have been depicted with Imperial Regalia. Another possibility is his brother-in-law, king Stephen I of Hungary (975-1038) who stops his horse and looks towards the tomb of Henry. Another theory favours Emperor Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor at the time, who financed much of the rebuilding of the cathedral.[2] Yet another theory, supported by Hannes Möhring of the University of Bayreuth, holds that the figure represents the Messiah according to the Book of Revelation (19:11–16). In 2014, an inventory of the statues in the cathedral gave rise to the theory that a project for a large sculptural screen for the eastern choir was begun and abandoned after only a few statues had been completed; two other unusual sculptures in the church fit into this proposal. According to the reconstruction, the horseman was supposed to be one of the Three Wise Men in a scene depicting the birth of Jesus, his upturned gaze following the Star of Bethlehem.[3] [4]

It is considered the first monumental equestrian statue since classical antiquity, and also one of the first to depict a horse shoe. Beneath the horse's front hooves is one of the many sculptural representations of the Green Man. Kathleen Basford, in her study of these figures, calls this Green Man the "dark counterpart" of the horseman.

Stefan George wrote a poem about the horseman.[5] His work influenced Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg,[6] the would-be assassin of Hitler who was a member of the cavalry unit Bamberger Reiter- und Kavallerieregiment 17 (17th Cavalry Regiment).[7]

See also

• List of equestrian statues in Germany

References

Further reading

• Basford, Kathleen. The Green Man, D.S. Brewer (2004) ISBN 0-85991-497-6.
• Dieckmann, Guido. Die Nacht des steinernen Reiters. 2005. Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag, ISBN 3-7466-2119-4.
• Möhring, Hannes. König der Könige. Der Bamberger Reiter in neuer Interpretation. Königstein im Taunus, 2004. Langewiesche-Verlag, ISBN 3-7845-2141-X.

External links

• Cathedral website (German)
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (German)

На других языках

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[de] Bamberger Reiter

Der Bamberger Reiter oder auch „steinerne Reiter“ ist ein steinernes Reiterstandbild im Bamberger Dom aus der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts und gehört zu den plastischen Hauptwerken der späten Stauferzeit.[1] Er ist eines der bekanntesten Wahrzeichen der Stadt Bamberg.

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- [en] Bamberg Horseman

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[es] Jinete de Bamberg

El Jinete de Bamberg o Caballero de Bamberg (en alemán Der Bamberger Reiter o der steinerne (pétreo) Reiter) es una escultura ecuestre de bulto redondo, colocada en el interior de la catedral de Bamberg, Baviera, Alemania. La escultura fue tallada en la primera mitad del siglo XIII, probablemente en 1225, antes de la consagración de la iglesia catedral en 1237. Es una lograda manifestación de arte gótico, con influencias de los escultores de las catedrales góticas francesas, como Reims. Se encuentra en una ménsula adosada a una pilastra del coro oriental.

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[ru] Бамбергский всадник

Бамбергский всадник (нем. Bamberger Reiter) — конная статуя рыцаря, расположенная на одном из столбов у входа в Бамбергский кафедральный собор. Созданный в первой половине XIII века неизвестным скульптором, каменный всадник является одним из самых известных произведений искусства эпохи Средневековья[1].

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