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Works of Art (81)
A Syce Holding Two Carriage Horses, mid-19th century, India (Calcutta), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper (1994.280) 
 
Aquamanile in the Form of a Mounted Knight, late 13th century, German; Made in Saxony, Bronze (64.101.1492)  
 
Basin with a Horseman Spearing a Serpent, 1390–1400, Spanish (Valencia?), Lustered earthenware (41.100.173)  
 
Bell: Horse Head, 19th–20th century, Nigeria; Lower Niger (?), Brass, iron (1991.17.140) 
 
Bottle, late 13th century; Mamluk, Probably Syria, Greenish colorless glass, free-blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; red, blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, pink, white, gray blue, and black enamels; and gold (41.150)  
 
Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Iran, Composite body, overglaze-painted and gilded (51.53)  
 
Bronze rod tripod stand, early 6th century B.C.
Greek, Bronze (1997.145.1)
 
 
Brooch in the Shape of a Horse, 7th–6th century B.C.; Iron Age, Halstatt period, Copper alloy (1992.107)  
 
[Cavalry Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons], 1857, Gustave Le Gray (French), Albumen silver print from glass negative (2005.100.49) 
 
Celestial Globe with Clockwork, dated 1579, Movement by Gerhard Emmoser (Austrian), Made in Vienna, Austria, Case of silver, partly gilt, and gilt brass; movement of brass and steel (17.190.636)  
 
Chand Bibi Hawking with Attendants in a Landscape, ca. 1700; Mughal, India, Opaque watercolors, gold, and silver on card-weight paper (1999.403)  
 
Chariot krater, ca. 1400—1370 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (74.51.964) 
 
Container (Aduno Koro) with Figures, 16th–19th century, Mali; Dogon, Wood (1979.206.255) 
 
Container in the shape of a horse and rider, 12th–13th century, Iran, Composite body, underglaze-painted (66.23)  
 
Embroidered Square with Animals, Birds, and Flowers, late 12th–14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk thread on silk (1988.296)  
 
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (19.73.209)  
 
Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, early 1200s, Byzantine; Made possibly in Antioch, Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito (1984.181)  
 
Frieze tile with two hunters, ca. 1270–75, Iran (probably Takht-i Sulayman), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (10.9.1) 
 
Funerary plaque, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic, black-figure, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (54.11.5) 
 
Funerary slab with a man controlling a rearing horse, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C., Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884, Limestone, paint (04.17.3)  
 
Grazing Horse, dated 1932, Xu Beihong (Chinese); Qi Baishi (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Inscribed by the artist and by Qi Baishi (1986.267.192) 
 
Helmet, late 7th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Cretan, Bronze (1989.281.49)  
 
Horse at Trough, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture of probably ca. 1866–68, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 13/A (29.100.433) 
 
Horse plaque, 4th–3rd century B.C., Northwest China or Inner Mongolia, Silver with mercury gilding (18.43.8)  
 
Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled after 1878, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 49/A (29.100.428) 
 
Horse with Female Rider, Tang dynasty, 7th century, Astana, Turfan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonmous Region, China, Clay, Unfired clay with pigment (51.93ab)  
 
Horse with Head Lowered, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1883–90, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 22/A (29.100.430) 
 
Isfandiyar's Third Course—He Slays a Dragon: From the Gutman Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Iran (probably Isfahan), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1974.290.26) 
 
Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513–14, Albrecht Dürer (German), Engraving (43.106.2)  
 
Krater with a lid surmounted by a small hydria, mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Euboean or Cycladic; Found at Kourion, Cyprus, Terracotta (74.51.965) 
 
Krater, ca. 750–700 B.C.; Geometric, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (14.130.14)  
 
Krishna battling the horse demon Keshi, Gupta period, 5th century, Uttar Pradesh, India, Terracotta (1991.300)  
 
Kylix, ca. 540–530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.62)  
 
Large Bowl with Equestrian Figure, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.68) 
 
Large cista, mid-4th century B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.1) 
 
Lidded Container: Equestrian Figure, 16th–20th century, Mali; Dogon, Wood, metal staples (1979.206.173a-c) 
 
Maharana Sarup Singh Views a Prize Stallion, 1845, Tara (Indian, active 1836–68), India (Rajasthan, Mewar), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (2001.344) 
 
Mycenaean chariot krater, first half of 13th century B.C.; Late Helladic IIIB:1, Mycenaean; Found on Cyprus, Terracotta (74.51.966)  
 
Neck amphora, fourth quarter of 8th century B.C.; Late Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.7) 
 
Neck-amphora, ca. 540 B.C.; Archaic; black-figure, Attributed to Exekias, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (27.16)  
 
Night-Shining White, Tang dynasty, 8th century, Han Gan (Chinese), Handscroll; ink on paper (1977.78)  
 
On the Border of the White Man's Land, 1899; this cast, 1906–7, Solon Hannibal Borglum (American), Bronze (07.104)  
 
Orthostat relief: hunting scene, 850–830 B.C.; Neo-Hittite period, Excavated at south wall of Temple Palace, Tell Halaf, northern Syria, Basalt (43.135.2)  
 
Pair of belt buckles, Xianbei culture, ca. 1st century A.D., North China, Silver plate and gilt (24.176.6,7)  
 
Prancing Horse, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, probably reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391–1353 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory, garnet inlay (26.7.1293)  
 
Race Horses, 1885–88, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Pastel on wood (1999.288.3) 
 
Rider on a Nag, mid-17th century, India, Deccan, Bijapur, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (44.154) 
 
Ring with Equestrian Figure, 19th–20th century, Mali; Dogon peoples, Copper alloy (1981.425.1) 
 
Sarcophagus, second quarter of 5th century B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot, Limestone (74.51.2453)  
 
Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts, cassone panel, Biagio di Antonio (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on wood, gilt ornaments (09.136.1)  
 
Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts, cassone panel, ca. 1465, Master of the Argonauts (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on wood, gilt ornaments (09.136.2)  
 
Schiac Appas, Re di Persia (Shah cAbbas, King of Persia), Engraver: Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venetian), From: Effigie naturali dei maggior prencipi et più valorosi capitani di questa età con l'armi loro, raccolte et con dilegentia intagliate da Giacomo Franco, Publisher: Giacomo Franco, Venice, 1596 (57.506) 
 
"Six Horses," late 12th or early 13th century and 14th century, China, Handscroll; ink and color on paper (1989.363.5) 
 
Stallion, Album leaf, late 16th century; Safavid, Habib Allah, Iranian; Attributed to Iran, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper (1992.51)  
 
Start of the Race of the Barbieri Horses, Rome, 1860, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper (2000.105) 
 
Statuette of a horse, 8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Bronze (21.88.24) 
 
The Bronco Buster, 1895; revised 1909; this cast, by November 1910, Frederic Remington (American), Bronze (39.65.45)  
 
The Cheyenne, 1901; this cast, by March 1907, Frederic Remington (American), Bronze (07.80) 
 
The Destruction of the Children of Niobe: From a set of The Horses, early 1630s, Francis Clein; Woven at the Mortlake manufactory, 1650–70, English, Wool and silk (36.149.1) 
 
The Horse Fair, 1853–55, Rosa Bonheur (French), Oil on canvas (87.25) 
 
The Horses of Anahita or The Flight of Night, ca. 1848–50; this cast, by 1880, William Morris Hunt (American), Plaster, tinted (80.12) 
 
The Liberation of Oriane, ca. 1590–95, Karel van Mander (Netherlandish); workshop of Frans Spiering, Delft, Wool and silk (2006.36)  
 
The Mountain Man, 1903; this cast, by March 1907, Frederic Remington (American), Bronze (07.79) 
 
The Races, 1866–72, Édouard Manet (French), Lithograph, first state (20.17.2) 
 
The Rape of Proserpina, Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, Vicenzan), Woodcut (22.73.3[152]) 
 
The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses, by 1820, Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet (French), Oil on canvas (87.15.47) 
 
The Stockbridge Race Cup, 1870–71, C. F. Hancock, manufacturing silversmiths (London), Silver, partly gilt, (1990.153) 
 
The Terminal, 1892, Alfred Stieglitz (American), Photogravure (58.577.11) 
 
Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus (Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers), ca. 1200–1205, French; From the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Rouen, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (1980.263.4)  
 
Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67) 
 
Tournament Book, late 16th century, German (Nuremberg), Pen and colored wash on paper (22.229)  
 
Tray, early 14th century, Egypt (Cairo); Made for the Rasulid sultan of Yemen, al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr al-Din Dawud ibn Yusuf (r. 1296–1321), Brass, silver, and bitumen inlay (91.1.605)  
 
Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town, ca. 1760–70, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing outlines by the artist in pen and brown ink on paper (37.165.67) 
 
Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Jade (nephrite) (02.18.730) 
 
Tympanum, late 14th–early 15th century; Golden Horde, Daghestan region, Caucasus (probably Kubachi), Carved stone with traces of paint (38.96)  
 
Untitled (Cowboy), 1989, Richard Prince (American), Chromogenic print (2000.272) 
 
Wolf and Fox Hunt, ca. 1615–21, Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish), Oil on canvas (10.73) 
 
Wood panel, 11th century; Fatimid, Egypt, Carved wood (11.205.2)  
 
Architectural Ornament, late 19th–early 20th century, Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia, Wood, paint (1988.143.68)  
 
Kanduri, ca. 1900, India, Cotton (1986.53) 
 
La giostra di Giuliano de' Medici (The Joust of Giuliano de' Medici): Title page (signature 1a), Author: Angelo Poliziano (Politian), [Florence: Tubini, Alopa e Ghirlandi?, ca. 1495–1500], Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations (25.30.22) 
 
Thematic Essays (12)