Olympic Highlight: Equestrian

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Florentine painter, sculptor, engraver, and goldsmith Antonio Pollaiuolo made this study for an unexecuted equestrian monument. The subject of a victorious ruler on horseback is drawn from classical antiquity. http://met.org/MLdJnd

Antonio Pollaiuolo (Italian, ca. 1432–1498) | Study for an Equestrian Monument | ca. 1482–83