This is for my own curiosity, not a class or anything. But I recently saw a photo of the statue in St. Petersburg. The beautiful art work shows, Peter on a charging stallion with both hooves in the air.
I thought that the posture of the horse had meaning in such statuary. One hoove up meaning that a hero died as a rest of injuries sustained battle. Two hooves up meaning that the hero died in battle.
Didn’t Peter die in bed, of a bladder condition? He was not involved in a battle, correct? Why is he depicted this way?
2007-01-11
04:12:29
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