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The Mares of Diomedes

Founder Cast by Gorham Manufacturing Company American
1902–4, cast 1905
Not on view
According to Borglum, his primary motive for executing the group of seven stampeding horses was to convey "intense controlled action” and his allusion to Greek mythology was merely an afterthought. The sculpture was the first major work produced in the New York studio that Borglum established in 1901. The Metropolitan’s bronze cast is unique; reduced versions, twenty-one inches high, were produced beginning in 1904.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Mares of Diomedes
  • Artist: John G. de la Mothe Borglum (1867–1941)
  • Founder: Cast by Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, Providence, Rhode Island, 1831–present)
  • Date: 1902–4, cast 1905
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 64 1/2 x 103 1/2 x 51 in. (163.8 x 262.9 x 129.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of James A. Stillman, 1906
  • Object Number: 06.1318
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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