Horses in Art
For most of recorded history the horse meant power — military, agricultural, aristocratic. Artists returned to it endlessly: anatomies, cavalry charges, racetracks, and quiet stable scenes.
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A Stallion
Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1601–6
唐 韓幹 照夜白圖 卷|Night-Shining White
Han Gan, ca. 750
Whip Handle in the Shape of a Horse
The Mountain Man
Frederic Remington, 1903, cast by March 1907
Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant
At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur, 1852–55
Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion
Stipple Master|Jai Ram, ca. 1712
"The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1330s
Scenes from the Legend of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics
南宋 佚名 明皇幸蜀圖 軸|Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu
Unidentified artist, mid-12th century
The Abduction of Rebecca
Eugène Delacroix, 1846
Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion
Tara, 1845–46
Double Virginal
Lodewijck Grouwels, 1600
Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56)
Ambrosius Gemlich|Peter Peck, ca. 1540–45
"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaikh Zada|Nizami, A.H. 931/1524–25 CE
Bowl with a Horseman Spearing a Serpent
Enameled and Gilded Bottle
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16)
Exekias, ca. 540 BCE
The Rajah Starting on a Hunt
Edwin Lord Weeks, ca. 1885
Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families
Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia), ca. 1449
Mirror Case
Terracotta funerary plaque
"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Miskin|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98
Khusrau and Shirin
Hatifi|Suzi, dated A.H. 904/1498–99 CE
Drum panel with scenes of the Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini
Maestro delle Storie del Pane, 1494?
The Crucifixion
Pietro Lorenzetti, 1340s
Allegory of the Planets and Continents
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752
Hunters in a Landscape
Jost Amman|Anonymous Flemish weavers|Anonymous, 16th century, ca. 1575–95
"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qasim ibn 'Ali|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530
Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg
The Judgment of Paris
Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528
Box with Romance Scenes
Panel with Horse Heads
Bronze horse
The Broncho Buster
Frederic Remington, 1895, revised 1909, cast by November 1910
Study for the Equestrian Monument to Francesco Sforza
Antonio Pollaiuolo, early to mid 1480s
Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus, from a Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
Bronze rod tripod stand
Pen Box (Qalamdan) Depicting Shah Isma'il in a Battle against the Uzbeks
Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759–1801)
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782
The House of Bijapur
Kamal Muhammad|Chand Muhammad, ca. 1680
Dish: The Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh
Master IC (probably Jean Court)|Jean Cour (or Court), probably early 17th century
Shield
Girolamo da Treviso, ca. 1535
"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Sultan Muhammad|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525
Approach to a Mountain Village with Horsemen on the Road
Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino), ca. 1501