The Rampin Horseman

The so-called ‘Rampin Horseman’ is a marble male head from a fragmentary statuary group dating to the Archaic Period found in the Acropolis of Athens. The group is thought to have been formed by a pair of horsemen. The fragments were discovered in a ditch containing statues made into pieces during the Persian sack of Athens in 480 BC.

The identity of the ‘Rampin Horseman’ is uncertain: it could represent a hero, an Athenian aristocrat or, if he had won his crown of leaves during one of the Pan-Hellenic Games, a glorious athlete. Parts of the equestrian group are in the New Acropolis Museum of Athens, while the male head is the the Louvre Museum of Paris.