Equestrian monument, located in front of the Presidential Palace. The monument depicts Prince Jó zef Poniatowski, sitting on a horse and holding a sword in his right hand. The sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen was modeled after the statue of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.
Fundraising for the monument began in early 1814, a few months after the prince's death in the Battle of Leipzig. Anna Potocka, né e Tyszkiewicz, obtained permission from Tsar Alexander I to erect a monument in Warsaw. The monument was commissioned in 1818 from the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, who lived in Rome.
Based on the model, the casting of the monument began in August 1830 at the Warsaw factory of Claudiusz and Emil Gregoire. The work was interrupted by the explosion of the November Uprising. They were completed in August 1832. However, in 1834, the consent of the Russian authorities to erect a monument in front of the Governor's Palace was withdrawn due to sanctions after the suppression of the uprising.
Since the bridge was not strong enough and the ice on the Vistula River made it impossible to transport the heavy monument to Modlin in its entirety, in 1836 it was disassembled into parts and transported to the fortress in 10 boxes. In 1840, by order of commander Ivan Dena, the monument was reassembled on the occasion of Tsar Nicholas I's inspection of the fortress. During this visit, the Russian monarch presented the monument to the governor of the Kingdom of Poland, Ivan Paskevich. The monument was temporarily transported to Deblin, and from there in 1842 to the Paskevich Palace in Gomel. It was installed on the palace terrace.
At the site originally intended for the Poniatowski monument, in July 1870, in the presence of Tsar Alexander II, a monument to Ivan Paskevich by Nikolai Pimenov and Alexander von Bock was solemnly unveiled. The choice of location had obvious significance for Polish society. The monument was dismantled in 1917.
Attempts to return Thorvaldsen's work from Gomel in 1861.1905 and 1917 were unsuccessful. The Poniatowski monument was returned to Poland in March 1922 as part of the return of monuments and works of art under the Treaty of Riga. The sculpture was moved to Saska Square in 1923. It was placed on a pedestal designed by Alexander Bojemski in front of the Saxon Palace and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The pedestal was made of slabs from the destroyed Paskiewicz monument. The opening ceremony of the monument took place on May 3.1923.
In January 1941, the Germans ordered the mayor of Warsaw, Julian Kulski, to move the monument to another place in Warsaw. However, this order was not carried out by the end of the occupation. The monument was blown up by the Germans after the Warsaw Uprising, on December 16.1944. In April 1945, fragments of the destroyed monument were found in the ruins of the Lilpop, Rau and Lö wenstein factory. Despite opposition from the Ministry of Culture and Arts and the press, the monument's base was blown up in May 1946.
A new cast of the sculpture, made in 1948-1951 based on a model from the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, made by Paul Lauritz Rasmussen, was donated to Warsaw by the Kingdom of Denmark. On February 23.1952, the monument was installed in front of the Old Orangery in Royal Ł azienki, and in 1965 it was moved to the courtyard of the Palace of the Council of Ministers (now the Presidential Palace), where it has been located since October 19.1965. The two-stepped plinth, designed by Zygmunt Stepinski, was faced with sandstone from the Synosteel from Strzegom. The remains of the original sculpture are exhibited in the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
Fundraising for the monument began in early 1814, a few months after the prince's death in the Battle of Leipzig. Anna Potocka, né e Tyszkiewicz, obtained permission from Tsar Alexander I to erect a monument in Warsaw. The monument was commissioned in 1818 from the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, who lived in Rome.
Based on the model, the casting of the monument began in August 1830 at the Warsaw factory of Claudiusz and Emil Gregoire. The work was interrupted by the explosion of the November Uprising. They were completed in August 1832. However, in 1834, the consent of the Russian authorities to erect a monument in front of the Governor's Palace was withdrawn due to sanctions after the suppression of the uprising.
Since the bridge was not strong enough and the ice on the Vistula River made it impossible to transport the heavy monument to Modlin in its entirety, in 1836 it was disassembled into parts and transported to the fortress in 10 boxes. In 1840, by order of commander Ivan Dena, the monument was reassembled on the occasion of Tsar Nicholas I's inspection of the fortress. During this visit, the Russian monarch presented the monument to the governor of the Kingdom of Poland, Ivan Paskevich. The monument was temporarily transported to Deblin, and from there in 1842 to the Paskevich Palace in Gomel. It was installed on the palace terrace.
At the site originally intended for the Poniatowski monument, in July 1870, in the presence of Tsar Alexander II, a monument to Ivan Paskevich by Nikolai Pimenov and Alexander von Bock was solemnly unveiled. The choice of location had obvious significance for Polish society. The monument was dismantled in 1917.
Attempts to return Thorvaldsen's work from Gomel in 1861.1905 and 1917 were unsuccessful. The Poniatowski monument was returned to Poland in March 1922 as part of the return of monuments and works of art under the Treaty of Riga. The sculpture was moved to Saska Square in 1923. It was placed on a pedestal designed by Alexander Bojemski in front of the Saxon Palace and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The pedestal was made of slabs from the destroyed Paskiewicz monument. The opening ceremony of the monument took place on May 3.1923.
In January 1941, the Germans ordered the mayor of Warsaw, Julian Kulski, to move the monument to another place in Warsaw. However, this order was not carried out by the end of the occupation. The monument was blown up by the Germans after the Warsaw Uprising, on December 16.1944. In April 1945, fragments of the destroyed monument were found in the ruins of the Lilpop, Rau and Lö wenstein factory. Despite opposition from the Ministry of Culture and Arts and the press, the monument's base was blown up in May 1946.
A new cast of the sculpture, made in 1948-1951 based on a model from the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, made by Paul Lauritz Rasmussen, was donated to Warsaw by the Kingdom of Denmark. On February 23.1952, the monument was installed in front of the Old Orangery in Royal Ł azienki, and in 1965 it was moved to the courtyard of the Palace of the Council of Ministers (now the Presidential Palace), where it has been located since October 19.1965. The two-stepped plinth, designed by Zygmunt Stepinski, was faced with sandstone from the Synosteel from Strzegom. The remains of the original sculpture are exhibited in the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
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