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It high variable.
Me gaming group consider a exchange rate of 1 gp = 50 €.
If you were buying the best graded carrara marble you would get about 2.500 m3, a 10 mx 10 m x 25 m parallelepiped (about 33'x33'x82').
More than enough for a very big statue.
I think that your problem will be the resistance of the material.
The leg of the statue could easily break it you don't use some trick (like a mantle enveloping them and touching the statue basement) to make them thicker.
How large of a stone(/or another material if better bang-for-buck) could you buy for 10,000g?
In a 'standard' situation I guess...the city is large but not massive, but on the other hand the guy has the blessing of the king which helps.
Wall of Stone, cast by a 10th level wizard, would get a 4" thick slab, 50 5' squares, per (10x5x10gp)500 GP.
So, for one casting, you could get a (roughly) 25' length of stone, standing 50' tall... and 4" thick.
Casting this 15 times would get you a block that is 5' x 25' x 50'. So that would cost you 7500 GP.
Fabricate would cost another 500 GP, and would let you take that 5' x 25' x 50' and craft it into a statue... all for 8000 GP (2,000 under budget!)
EDIT: This could be done with a 9th level wizard, but it I rounded up to 10th level to help with the math.
The primary cost of such a statue isn't in the stone itself, but in the time and effort of the artist.
A wizard could whip up a statue relatively quickly, but unless he's also an artist, it'll look like crap. If he *is* a competent artist on top of being a wizard, expect to be charged through the nose for a fast, high-quality product.
The primary cost of such a statue isn't in the stone itself, but in the time and effort of the artist.
A wizard could whip up a statue relatively quickly, but unless he's also an artist, it'll look like crap. If he *is* a competent artist on top of being a wizard, expect to be charged through the nose for a fast, high-quality product.
So that's where modern art comes from!