- New
black Terracotta greeck-Roman Horse
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.
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