''Löwenkämpfer'' (''The Lion Fighter'') is an 1858 bronze equestrian statue by
Albert Wolff, installed outside the
Altes Museum
The Altes Museum (English: ''Old Museum'') is a listed building on the Museum Island in the Mitte (locality), historic centre of Berlin. Built from 1825 to 1830 by order of King Frederick William III of Prussia according to plans by Karl Friedrich ...
in Berlin, Germany. An 1892 copy stands in front of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Fr ...
. The companion piece is
Amazone zu Pferde, also installed outside the Altes Museum.
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1858 in art
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1858 establishments in Germany
1858 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Germany
Equestrian statues in Germany
Outdoor sculptures in Berlin
Sculptures of lions
Sculptures of men in Germany
Museum Island
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