Hellenistic Art: The Horse and Jockey of Artemision

Michael Lahanas

Ο Ιππέας (τζόκεϋ ) του Αρτεμισίου

Klassische Griechische Kunst: Der Reiter von Artemision


The young jockey of Artemision and his horse (Source), Ο Ιππέας (τζόκεϋ ) του Αρτεμισίου, National Archaeological Museum of Athens, around 150-146 BC some say around 200 BC. Discovered 1926 by two fishermen in Cape Artemision (some sources say 1928, some parts found 8 years later). One of the few representations of Greek horse race monuments (eg. like the Delphi charioteer) probably some dedication to the gods by a wealthy person for a horse race victory

One interpretation of the physiognomy of the young Jockey is that he is probably from Africa (Ethiopia ?).

Horse detail

PhotoArt ,Greeklandscape Images: 1 , 2

More Images

Front View

Seán Hemingway, The Horse and Jockey from Artemision: A Bronze Equestrian Monument of the Hellenistic Period. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.

The Techniques of Bronze Statuary in Ancient Greece

All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
 
Web www.mlahanas.de
www.hellenica.de