# Statuette of a Horse

- By: Ancient Greek
- Date: 750-730 BCE
- Medium: Bronze
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 9.2 × 8.2 × 2.6 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 1 in.)
- Credit line: Katherine K. Adler, Costa A. Pandaleon Greek Memorial, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander Classical Endowment, James H. Allan and Christopher D. Allan funds
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/237363)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/338adaf2-a6c3-cbe3-f9df-dfc31edb7db5/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This small statuette was created in Greece around the time of the first Olympic games (776 BCE). It was made as a gift for a god and was probably deposited at a religious site. Devotional gifts took many forms, but statuettes of horses were especially popular because the creatures were symbols of affluence. Following the stylistic preference of the time, the sculptor used a few simple shapes to capture the animal’s essence.

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