Horse
1630s or later
Francesco Fanelli
Francesco Fanelli (Italian, 1661)
European Painting and Sculpture
Horse, 1630s or later. Possibly cast after a model by Francesco Fanelli (Italian, 1661). Bronze; overall: 15.2 x 15.9 x 5.5 cm (6 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.108 Shortly after its acquisition, this work was published as a model for an equestrian monument of Emperor Maximilian by Gregor Erhart, cast by one of Maximilian's bronze founders in Augsburg. Recent scholars have questioned the connection to Erhart and have placed it closer to Fanelli, due to the rendering of the horse's head and the waxy overall feel of the modeling. Related works in Braunschweig and (formerly) Berlin already carry attributions to a Fanelli model.
- Maker/Artist
- Francesco Fanelli
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.2 x 15.9 x 5.5 cm (6 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1952.108
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Stamps: Art in Miniature, Juxtapositions
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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