English 13th Century

Anonymous English 13th Century

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English 13th Century, Manuscript Leaf from a Bible (Deuteronomy), c. 1240, pen and brown ink with red, white, and blue gouache and gold leaf on vellum, Gift of Stanley and Wilhelmina Jashemski in honor of her parents, Professor Howard C. Feemster and Emma L. Feemster, 2009.87.2

Manuscript Leaf from a Bible (Deuteronomy)

English 13th Century · c. 1240 · pen and brown ink with red, white, and blue gouache and gold leaf on vellum ·  Accession ID  2009.87.2

This free-standing bronze sculpture shows the rounded, stylized forms of a person with long limbs riding astride a horse with noticeably short legs. The horse and rider are angled to our right in this photograph. The dark brown bronze gleams white where the light catches the smooth surfaces, and some areas are a burnished gold color. The horse looks ahead with large eyes. It has short ears, and its mouth is parted. The person riding the horse holds the reins with the right hand, closer to us. The reins wrap halfway around the horse’s neck and are then broken off. The cleanshaven rider has a heavy brow ridge and a long, straight nose. He wears a flat-topped cap and a robe that reaches to his ankles. The pointed toes of his shoe pokes through the small stirrup we can see. A rounded handle connects the rider’s upper back to the back of the horse. The background is taupe-gray behind the sculpture and darkens at the upper corners.
English 13th Century, Scandinavian 13th Century, Aquamanile in the Form of a Horseman, 13th century, bronze, Widener Collection, 1942.9.280

Aquamanile in the Form of a Horseman

English 13th Century, Scandinavian 13th Century · 13th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.9.280