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From the surviving representations, it is obvious that charioteers by themselves were much less important than the chariot group or the horses. This fine bronze—like its famous lifesize counterpart in Delphi—may have been dedicated by the winner of a chariot race.
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Title: Bronze charioteer
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 500 BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1957
Accession Number: 57.11.11
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