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Pax Romana Art
The October Horse
The Campus Martius, Rome · 15 October
740 kr876 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
Details & specs
Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 18x12″ · 24x16″ · 36x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Timeless
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Made to order and printed and framed in the USA. Produced in 1–2 business days, delivered 2–5 business days after that — 3–7 business days door to door. Free US shipping, tracked.
Damaged, defective or the wrong item? Email a photo within 7 days of delivery and we send a free replacement or a full refund. Because every piece is made to order, change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
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The October HorseFramed canvas · Black · 18x12″
740 kr
876 krSave 136 kr
The Campus Martius, Rome · 15 October
A Race Run for Mars
Mars was the god of war and, for the early Romans, also a guardian of fields and flocks, and his festivals framed the season of fighting. In March the Salii danced and the war trumpets were purified; in October, when the armies came home, weapons were purified at the Armilustrium and the October Horse was run.
The details come from scattered sources. Festus describes the race of two-horse chariots on the Campus Martius and the sacrifice of the right-hand horse of the winners. Polybius, criticizing the Greek historian Timaeus, mentions that the Romans killed a war horse with a spear on a fixed day each year, a custom Timaeus tied to the fall of Troy. The horse's head, decorated with loaves of bread, became the prize in a struggle between the men of the Sacred Way and the men of the Subura; the winners displayed it on the wall of the Regia or on the Mamilian Tower. Ovid speaks of a horse's blood, usually taken to be this one's, given out from Vesta's altar for the purification rites of the Parilia in April.
The piece
The painting gives us the race itself, not the sacrifice. The eye follows the lead chariot, dark horses wreathed in leaves, its driver leaning into his whip, while the other teams spray mud behind. The crowd fills the foreground, close enough to touch. On the right the priests stand at their altar, and across the river the city rises on its hill in the autumn mist.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Ready for the wall
Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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