How does Simón Bolívar (Tadolini) elucidate its Description?
Adamo Tadolini's sculpture depicts Simón Bolívar atop his rearing horse.  Bolívar is dressed in military attire, including a decorated coat and a flowing cape. Other accessories include tall boots, epaulets and a sash. He has a sheathed sword over his left thigh, and he holds his hat on the right side of his body.Tadolini was the pupil of the sculptor Canova, and is usually seen as working in the same neoclassical tradition.
It has been suggested that the Bolívar statue was inspired by Jacques Louis David's famous painting of Napoleon Crossing the Alps. One problem Tadolini had to face, unlike the painter, was of statics: representing the horse with raised legs could cause stability problems due to the excessive weight of the bronze being supported by two legs and a tail. The Bronze Horseman by Étienne Maurice Falconet, which overcomes a similar problem, can also be seen as a forerunner of Tadolini's statue.
Étienne Maurice Falconet Bronze Horseman Napoleon Crossing the Alps right Simón Bolívar Jacques Louis David neoclassical Canova statics Bronze Adamo Tadolini