{"id":15658,"date":"2026-02-27T10:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/nove-akvizicije-mj-model-za-reljef-kralja-petra-i-karadjordjevica-u-dubrovniku\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:08:59","slug":"nove-akvizicije-mj-model-za-reljef-kralja-petra-i-karadjordjevica-u-dubrovniku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/nove-akvizicije-mj-model-za-reljef-kralja-petra-i-karadjordjevica-u-dubrovniku\/","title":{"rendered":"New Acquisitions of the Museum of Yugoslavia \u2013 Model for the Relief of King Peter I Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 in Dubrovnik"},"content":{"rendered":"

The equestrian representation of King Peter I Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 in relief, created by Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107 at the request of the Dubrovnik Municipal Council in 1924, was part of a broader monumental policy of interwar Yugoslavia and one of the first monumental expressions of the new state that emerged after the World War I. Me\u0161trovi\u0107 was invited by the Dubrovnik municipal authorities to create a liberation monument, which, due to limited funds, was created in a relief format, and not in a free-standing sculpture format. Being the \u201cFirst Yugoslav King\u201d and \u201cLiberator\u201d, Peter I was presented in the ancient model of adventus Augusti<\/em> as a symbol of the unity of the South Slavs and the legitimization of the new political community.<\/p>\n

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The inscription for the monument which read: \u201cTO THE FIRST YUGOSLAV KING PETER THE GREAT LIBERATOR DUBROVNIK MCMXIII’\u2019, was authored by Me\u0161trovi\u0107 himself.<\/p>\n

The monument was ceremonially unveiled on December 1, 1924, on the anniversary of the unification of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and placed in a symbolic place: the city walls at the Pile Gate, above the inner side of the entrance to Stradun. It was removed during World War II. Although it has physically disappeared from public space, this relief continues to intrigue the public and researchers even today. Thanks to preserved photographs, sketches and models, it is possible to reconstruct the story of the first Yugoslav monument in Dubrovnik, but also to understand its role in shaping the symbolic language of the Yugoslav state.<\/p>\n

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The monument was removed from the walls of Dubrovnik on May 21, 1941, and after the liberation it was stored in the Art Gallery, which was moved to the palace of Bo\u017eo Banac, a shipowner and former friend of Me\u0161trovi\u0107. The plaster cast of the relief, together with the stone original, were walled up in 1975 between two walls in the museum space of the Dubrovnik Art Gallery, which was used by the Lin\u0111o folklore ensemble. Thus, for more than half a century, this work of art has been imprisoned and unavailable to public.<\/p>\n

Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107 is one of the most important Yugoslav artists who actively promoted the Yugoslav idea, not only through art, but also by participating in the Yugoslav Committee. The attachment to the idea of unity within Yugoslavia and the Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 dynasty were embodied in shaping the political and cultural identity of the new state.<\/p>\n

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Year: 1922.<\/p>\n

Dimensions: 113.7 X 98.6 x 10.7 cm<\/p>\n

Material and technique: plaster, modeling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The equestrian representation of King Peter I Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 in relief, created by Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107 at the request of the Dubrovnik Municipal Council in 1924, was part of a broader monumental policy of interwar Yugoslavia and one of the first monumental expressions of the new state that emerged after the World War I. Me\u0161trovi\u0107 was invited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15660,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15658\/revisions\/15660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}