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| Keywords: Greek - Head of a Horse - Walters 23173 - Left.jpg This lively horse protome forepart was found near the temple of Artemis the patron deity of Sardis in ancient Lydia in present-day Turkey It is elaborately executed with relief details of the reins a naturalistic modeling of the mane and a highly expressive quality that would have been even more impressive had its colors been preserved The horse would have stood by the side of a statue of either Castor or Pollux known as the Dioscuri sons of Zeus serving as his attribute Horses were highly valued in antiquity Alexander the Great often represented as another Dioscurus honored Bucephalus the horse that helped him conquer the world by founding a city in its name century 3 2 BC Hellenistic marble cm 35 1 34 3 13 accession number 23 173 20676 From the pyramids Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 Sport in Ancient Greece Palais des beaux-arts Brussels Belgium Brussels 1992 place of origin Sardis in present-day Turkey Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
