Mann mit Pferd I, 1948 – 1949

Title

Mann mit Pferd I (Original Title)

Title Translation

Man with horse I

Artist

• Hans Mettel

Part

Mann mit Pferd I

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• figurative sculpture

Object Type

• sculpture

Physical Description

plaster

Material

• plaster

Technique

• casting

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Hans Mettel

Acquisition

Acquired in 1966 from the artist's estate

Genre

• nude

Main Motif

• man
• animal

Primary

• 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
• 41D9 (showing oneself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 31D14 adult man
• 31A231 standing figure

Secondary

• 46C13141 horse
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)