Marble relief of a horseman
This relief of a pacing horse with a nude rider is a tour de force of almost excessively sensitive surface texture and exaggerated anatomical detail. Decorative showiness takes precedence over organic unity, in a style often found in classicizing works of the first century B.C. The piece may copy one that was well-known in antiquity, for two others are preserved that show an almost identical horseman followed by another rider on a horse with the same pacing gait.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble relief of a horseman
- Period: Late Hellenistic
- Date: 1st century BCE
- Culture: Greek
- Medium: Marble, Parian ?
- Dimensions: H. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
- Object Number: 07.286.111
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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