Statue of Goliath in Kuks, Baroque statue in Kuks, Czech Republic

The Statue of Goliath in Kuks stands on a terrace above the left bank of the Elbe, facing the Baroque inn U Zlatého slunce. The roughly four-metre knight in Baroque armour, with a dragon relief on the breastplate and two gryphons below, was carved in 1720–1721 by assistants of Matyáš Bernard Braun. It was originally Herkomman, a mock patron of dishonest lawyers, holding a globe inscribed IURE ERUI; after the 1729 raid the globe was replaced by an oval shield with a rosette and the figure became Goliath.

The statue was carved in 1720–1721 by assistants of Matyáš Bernard Braun as Herkomman, an allegory of dishonest lawyers created in Count František Antonín Špork's circle. After a raid on Kuks on 26 July 1729, when soldiers of the Caraffa regiment seized banned books, the figure was recut as Goliath and its mocking texts removed. Špork was fined 6,000 ducats in 1733.

The figure began as Herkomman, a mock patron of dishonest lawyers invented in Count Špork's circle, and was recarved as Goliath after the raid of 26 July 1729. Its Latin motto "IURE ERUI" read the same in both directions, hinting that lawyers may twist the law. A statue of David with a sling was later placed opposite, by the inn U Zlatého slunce.

The grounds are open to visitors from April to October and can be reached from Kuks village via a marked path from the paid parking area. The location near the Elbe River is best explored on foot.

The Latin inscription "IURE ERUI" on the original orb read the same forwards and backwards, hinting that lawyers can twist the law either way. The orb was later replaced by an oval shield with a rosette, but the dragon and two gryphon reliefs on the cuirass are original.