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Source Description
This graceful, elegant creature is a small-scale copy of one of the four life-size walking horses on the facade of the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice. In the Renaissance, they were thought to have been cast by the great Greek sculptor Lysippus, and, therefore, reduced copies were in great demand. The life-size horses were originally from a "quadriga" (four-horse chariot) of a type installed atop a triumphal arch in ancient Rome. In the 4th century, Emperor Constantine took the horses to his new capital Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). In the 1200s, they were stolen by Crusaders, who brought them to Venice.
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Document identity
localId
6844
label
Walking Horse ""after Lysippus""
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
6844
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Walking Horse ""after Lysippus""
description
This graceful, elegant creature is a small-scale copy of one of the four life-size walking horses on the facade of the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice. In the Renaissance, they were thought to have been cast by the great Greek sculptor Lysippus, and, therefore, reduced copies were in great demand. The life-size horses were originally from a "quadriga" (four-horse chariot) of a type installed atop a triumphal arch in ancient Rome. In the 4th century, Emperor Constantine took the horses to his new capital Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). In the 1200s, they were stolen by Crusaders, who brought them to Venice.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922-1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
16th century (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statuettes (statues)
figurines
bronzes
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
20.5
depth
9
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 × W: 8 1/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (23.5 × 20.5 × 9 cm)
Source extras
med
bronze, traces of gilding on harness and mane
creator_ids
33562
collection_ids
REN
GRC
ROM
exhibition_ids
34
1994
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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