Bronze Statuette of a Centaur in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Bronze statuette of a centaur

Period: Archaic

Date: late 6th–early 5th century B.C.

Culture: Etruscan or South Italian

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); length 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number: 17.190.2070

Description:

This small sculpture emanates considerable power through the treatment of the centaur's arms and legs, all in a position of maximum tension. The energy suffuses a form that is lithe and softly modeled. The figure is of a piece with its plinth, indicating that it may have been attached to a utensil.

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