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Mounted warrior

late 5th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsOverall: 67 x 78 x 39 cm, 330 kg (26 3/8 x 30 11/16 x 15 3/8 in., 727.52 lb.)
Mount (black marble base): 13 x 39 x 74 cm (5 1/8 x 15 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Case (Painted wooden pedestal): 86 x 49.5 x 85.4 cm (33 7/8 x 19 1/2 x 33 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.751
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceSaid to have been discovered by a stonecutter and sold to Alfredo Barsanti (dealer; b. 1877 - d. 1946), Rome; sold by Barsanti to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 -d. 1928), Rome and London [see note]; 1903, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 24, 1903)

NOTE: Augusto Jandolo, Le Memorie di un Antiquario, 2d ed. (Milan, 1938), pp. 340-342, provides an account of its discovery and sale.
Bust of a boy with a braided sidelock
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
about 480 B.C.
Left hand holding alabastron
about 470–450 B.C.
Dionysos
about 340 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
4th century B.C.
Goddess or woman
about 325–300 B.C.
Female torso
2nd–1st century B.C.
Torso of Aphrodite
about 125–25 B.C. (after a Greek type of the 4th century B.C.