Horse and Rider
Artist
Unknown Greek
CultureGreek (Boeotian)
Titles
- Horse and Rider
Datec.610–600 BC
Made inGreece
MediumTerracotta with slip
Dimensionsheight × length × width: 6 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (15.9 × 14 × 6.0 cm.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number34.139
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view
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Department
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Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Institute for the Arts, Oct 15 1970–Jul 20 1971.
"Looking at Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15–Dec. 29, 1991.
Published References Beazley, J. D. Paralipomena: additions to Attic black-figure vase-painters and to Attic red-figure vase-painters (second edition). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. Pg. 486. Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 113. Ostergaard, Jan Stubbe. "Terracotta Horses and Horsemen of Archaic Boeotia." In Recent Danish Research in Classical Archaeology: Tradition and Renewal. Edited by Tobias Fischer-Hansen. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 1991. Pg. 121, fig. 14. Szabó, Miklós. "Contribution à la question de la coroplathie béotienne du VIIe siècle av.n.è." BMusHongr 41 (1973): 3-19.
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