Parthenon, East Pediment, fig. O (Sculpture)
Horse from Quadriga of Selene/Nyx
- ID:
- aa_2382
- Type:
- Sculpture
- Date:
- -447 — -432
- Period:
- High Classical
- Context:
- From Athens, Acropolis
- Findspot:
- Found at Athens, Acropolis
- Region:
- Attica
- Sculptor:
- Literary attestation to Pheidias
- Condition:
- Head only (complete)
- Scale:
- Over life-size
- Dimensions:
-
L 0.82 m
- Style:
- High Classical
- Material:
- Marble
- Type:
- Architectural
- Category:
- Statuary group
- In Group:
- Parthenon East Pediment
- Associated Building:
- Athens, Parthenon
Material Description
Pentelic Marble
Subject Description
East pediment (Birth of Athena): Head of one of four original horses pulling chariot of Selene (Moon) or Nyx (Night), dipping down into floor of pediment in right corner. Weariness of the horse shown by its dropping jaw and flaring nostrils. This is the famous Urpferd of Goethe.
Condition Description
Missing a few fragments of mane. Surface weathered and chipped.
- Collection:
- London, British Museum
