The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Marble head of a horse

Marble head of a horse

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 154

Description

Horses were closely associated with the wealthy, land-owning class that could afford to raise and maintain them. Statues of horses and riders were sometimes offered as dedications at sanctuaries of the gods, such as that of Athena on the Akropolis in Athens and that of Demeter at Eleusis.
Provenance

Found at Eleusis, Attica
References

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 18, p. 33.
See also
What
Sculpture (23,287)

Stone (7,937)

Marble (2,130)
Where
Europe (146,011)

Greece (6,280)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (22,989)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,322)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.