Rearing Horse

late 18th or 19th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.2 x 23 cm (7 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.122

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Listed in the inventory of the objects d'art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1935.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8, as Bronze Horse by Classicizing Artist.

1982

  • Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Die Pferde von San Marco. Exh. cat. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 1982: 259, no. 209, repro., illustrating a similar example in the Skulpturensammlung SMPK, Berlin (inventory number 3192).

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 134, no. 24, as North Italian 16th Century.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 159, repro., as North Italian 16th Century.

Wikidata ID

Q63809743

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