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Black patina on raw before cooking
Black patina on raw before cooking
Black patina on raw before cooking
Black patina on raw before cooking
Two differnet patina in comparison
Dark ancient patina

black Terracotta greeck-Roman Horse

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Faithful 1:1 terracotta copy of the horse head from the archaeological museum of Florence.
Terracotta treated before firing with a black stoneware effect.
In the world of art this horse head is considered one of the most beautiful representations ever produced by man.

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€2,200.00
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HELLENISTIC HORSE HEAD
Archaeological Museum of Florence Floor I, room XIII - N.inv. 1639
Provenance Rome. It belonged to the Medici which was temporarily confiscated in 1495, after the expulsion of Pietro di Lorenzo. With the first return of the Medici to Florence (1512), he returned to Palazzo Medici, then Ricciardi. The head has been owned by the Uffizi Galleries since 1890. Dating 1st century AD. - Donatello took it into consideration for the Gattamelata monument in Padua. This head is very similar to that of the Archaeological Museum of Naples, also from the Medici collections.

Height
76
Width
31
Length
92
Weight
18
Where the original is kept
Florence Archeological Museum N.inv. 1639
Historical period
1th century a.C.
Material
Terracotta treated before firing
Museum cataloging number
Floor I, room XIII - N.inv. 1639
New
9399