Description
Once mounted with pins upon his horse (now lost), this statuette depicts a young man participating in an equestrian race. The rider’s distinctive equipment is still barely visible: his right hand clutches the base of a goad to urge on his horse, and the first pleat of a cloak, the youth’s only covering, lays over his left shoulder.
Provenance
Christoph F. Leon, Basel, Switzerland
Accession Number
1977.41
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 7.6 cm (5 1/4 x 3 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund