- Museum number
- 1904,0703.1
- Title
- Object: The Armento Rider
- Description
-
Bronze statuette of a warrior on horseback. The warrior wears a Corinthian-style helmet and a short tunic. He once held a spear and reins, that were probably made of copper wire, and his helmet was topped by a crest which ran across sideways.
- Production date
- 560BC-550BC (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 25.40 centimetres
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Length: 26.67 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1977 London, BM, Animals in Art
1990 24 Mar-10 Jun, Australia, Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum, cat. no.62
1990 28 Jun-23 Sep, Australia, Melbourne, Museum of Victoria, Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum, cat. no.62
1990 20 Oct-9 Dec, Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.108
1991 5 Jan-20 Feb, Japan, Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.108
1991 9 Mar-7 May, Japan, Osaka, National Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.108
September-December 2012, Uk, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 'Bronze'
2021 19 Jun-7 Nov, Australia, Perth, Western Australian Museum, Ancient Greeks
2021-2022 16 Dec-1 May, Australia, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, Ancient Greeks
2022 10 Jun-06 Nov, New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Ancient Greeks
2022-2024 24 Dec-25 Feb, China, Suzhou, Suzhou Museum, Ancient Greeks
- Acquisition date
- 1904
- Acquisition notes
- The bronze was bought in Naples in 1833 by the Hungarian collector Gábor Fejérváry, whose large collection was later inherited by his nephew Ferenc Pulszky.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1904,0703.1