Cavaliere
bronze
70.625" x 45.5" x 32" (179.4 x 115.6 x 81.3 cm)

1949. Marino Marini (1901-1980). Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Marini produced a lot of ecstatic equestrian figures such as this, where the horse and rider are witness to a miracle. Something about the work, however, suggests that Marini did not entirely trust miracles.