Horse Head (700s BCE): Art, History and Details
Horse Head at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 700s BCE, terracotta. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Horse Head (700s BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Probably mold-made, this terracotta horse head is finely modeled in high relief, its burnished surface embellished with carefully rendered details such as a textured mane and bared teeth.
Object facts
- Title: Horse Head
- Date: 700s BCE
- Culture: Italy, Villanova, Etruscan
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: terracotta
- Dimensions: Overall: 8.1 x 6 x 1.9 cm (3 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
- Collection: GR - Etruscan
- Department: Greek and Roman Art
- Accession number: 1985.178
A detail from the museum
The backside of this horse head is unworked.
Collection credit
Gift of Keith P. Smith
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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