Leaping Horse
Ferdinando Tacca (Florence 1619 - Florence 1686)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
circa 1640 - circa 1660
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
235 x 255 x 117 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246220.2
Summary
Bronze, Leaping Horse, after a model by Ferdinando Tacca (Florence, 1619-1686), 17th century. One of a pair of bronze stallions after models by Ferdinando Tacca, on verde di prato bases. See also NT 514991 and 514992 at Anglesey Abbey. As the stallions are shod and the mane of one of the stallions is tied with a bow, it has been suggested that the models in some way illustrate the art of dressage, in which highly trained horses undertake choreographed movements.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey bronzes etc. stored in the Garden Room, page 84.
Makers and roles
Ferdinando Tacca (Florence 1619 - Florence 1686), sculptor previously catalogued as after Francesco Fanelli (b.1577), sculptor