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Equestrian Figure

Anonymous, Italian school
16th cent.
Equestrian Figure
Tuscany, mid-16th century
Bronze with marble base.
figure: 10 7/8 x 10 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (275 x 273 x 115 mm); base: 2 x 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (50 x 210 x 90 mm)
AZ011
Provenance
Charles Mannheim, Paris; Godefroy Brauer (1857-1923), Florence; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1907 (as attributed to Leonardo da Vinci).
Inscriptions/Markings
Carved on bottom into the marble: NG 1997.
Summary
A male rider wears antique-style dress, with lions' heads decorating his shoulders, and sports a laurel wreath. He carries a baton and sits atop an unsaddled, hog-maned horse with one foreleg raised. The dark surface coating has chipped away in places to reveal a richer patina.
Classification
Department