HORSES THROUGH TIME

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Horses and humans have been living alongside it each for thousands of years and have been depicted in the art throughout time.

Ancient Art
Fragmentary relief showing two pairs of horses harnessed to a chariot (now lost), part of a royal procession scene, Unknown, 14th century BCE, From the collection of: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Ancient Art
Ancient Greece
Votive Relief (The Cottenham Relief), Unknown, about 500 B.C., From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Ancient Greece
Horse without a rider., Unknown, Around 490 BC, From the collection of: Acropolis Museum
Ancient Greece
Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon, -438/-432, From the collection of: British Museum
Ancient Greece. I am just fascinated by the Greeks statues of horses. The details and liveliness... it is all just such classical Greek style and is simply stunning.
Marble statue of a youth on horseback, 1/50, From the collection of: British Museum
Ancient Rome
(Main View (.2.recto) / book image source), From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Byzantine
The Death of Sennacherib, Unknown, about 1300, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Byzantine
Early Medieval Art. Medieval art is fascinating, the scenes lively and they just give off a sense of knighthood glory and bravery. Makes me want to jump into the saddle and ride into battle.
Early Medieval Art
Guidoriccio da Fogliano, Simone Martini, 1328, From the collection of: Fondazione Musei Senesi
Early Medieval Art
Battle of San Romano, Paolo Uccello, 1436 - 1440, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Early Renaissance
Charles I (1600-49) with M. de St Antoine, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1633, From the collection of: Royal Collection Trust, UK
Renaissance
The Conquest of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus, Nicolas Poussin, 1638, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Baroque 
Equestrian portrait of the Emperor Charles V, Anthony Van Dick Van Dick, Around 1620, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Baroque 
Horse Frightened by a Lion, George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British, between 1762 and 1768, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art
Enlightenment
Lion dévorant un cheval (Lion Devouring a Horse), Eugène Delacroix, c. 1844, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Enlightenment
Knight at the Crossroads, Victor Vasnetsov, 1882, From the collection of: The State Russian Museum
Romanticism 
Angelica and the wounded Medoro, Eugène Delacroix, circa 1860, From the collection of: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Romanticism 
A Turk Surrenders to a Greek Horseman, Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix, 1856, From the collection of: Harvard Art Museums
Romanticism 
Battle of Aboukir, Antoine-Jean Gros, 1806, From the collection of: Palace of Versailles
Romanticism 
Herd of horses, Fernando Fader, 1907, From the collection of: Colección AMALITA
Post Modern. The brush strokes of these post-modern photos collected here give off a nice textured and blurry appearance while still managing to be very detailed.
Post Modern
A Dutch Road, Anton Mauve, ca. 1880, From the collection of: The Toledo Museum of Art
Post Modern
The White Horse "Gazelle", 1881, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, 1881, From the collection of: Albertina Museum
Post Modern
Landscape of Öland, gypsies on a horse, Nils Kreuger, 1885, From the collection of: Malmö Konstmuseum
Post Modern
Bailed up, Tom Roberts, 1895, 1927, From the collection of: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Modern
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