Artwork Details
- Title
- Pegasus
- Artist
- Date
- 1937
- Location
- Dimensions
- 8 x 2 7⁄8 x 2 3⁄8 in. (20.2 x 7.3 x 6.0 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Paul Manship
- Mediums Description
- bronze on marble base
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Mythology — classical — Pegasus
- Fantasy — animal — horse
- Object Number
- 1966.47.26
Artwork Description
Paul Manship created several sculptures of Pegasus. According to Greek mythology, Bellerophon, son of Glaucus, attempted to fly the winged horse Pegasus to heaven, but angered the gods, and the horse overthrew him. In this bronze miniature, Pegasus rears back on his hind legs, head and wings reaching for the sky as he prepares to take flight.