Horse Head from the Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius

Digitised using an Artec Eva. This plaster cast of a horse head originates from the original Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, housed at the Capitoline Museums, Rome (Inv.MC3247). A replica stands in the open air of the piazza del Campidoglio. The sculpture is made of two parts, the horse and the rider. The emperor's horse is a magnificent example of dynamism captured in the sculptural medium. The horse, caught in motion, turns its head to the right as to follow the direction of Aurelius'