Jockey of Artemision

Jockey of Artemision
Jockey of Artemision
Material	Bronze
Size	height: 2.1 meters ; length: 2.9 meters
Height	2.1 meters
Created	150 – 140 BC
Discovered	1926; Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Present location	Athens, Attica, Greece

The Jockey of Artemision is a large Hellenistic bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, dated to around 150–140 BC.^[1]^[2] It is a rare surviving original bronze statue from Ancient Greece and a rare example in Greek sculpture of a racehorse. Most ancient bronzes were melted down for their raw materials some time after creation, but this one was saved from destruction when it was lost in a shipwreck in antiquity, before being discovered in 1926. It may have been dedicated to the gods by a wealthy person to honour victories in horse races, probably in the single-horse race (Greek: κέλης - kēles).^[1] The artist is unknown.

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^ National Archaeological Museum, Athens, date the statue to 140 BC.

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[2] National Archaeological Museum, Athens, date the statue to 140 BC.

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