Alexander the Great on Horseback
Alexander the Great on Horseback
Alexander the Great on Horseback
Alexander the Great on Horseback
Alexander the Great on Horseback
Alexander the Great on Horseback
Alexander the Great on Horseback

Image credit: Rotherham Heritage Services

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This is after an antique (1st century BC) bronze of Alexander the Great on his horse Bucephalus found in Herculaneum in 1761; the original is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

Clifton Park Museum

Rotherham

Title

Alexander the Great on Horseback

Date

1898 or before

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 49.5 x W 50 x D 27 cm

Accession number

ROTMG:S.1989.58

Acquisition method

purchased in Naples, 1898

Work type

Sculpture

Inscription description

Foundry stamp on the base behind the horse’s right hindfoot.

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