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Marble relief of a horseman

1st century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 164
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

Object Information
  • 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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