Harrow Horse

This magnificent sculpture stands outside the entrance to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. I tried to get good photos of it because I was absolutely fascinated and held by the very dynamics of this horse sculpure: just the enormity of it all; the overall physicality and presence, the dynamics of the pose, and the absolute attention to sculptural detail (the wrinkles in his neck and muzzle, the slight feathering at the fetlocks, the nails in the hoof wall, and horseshoes, etc); even tiny individually sculpted hair detail to match the direction of hair flow. It was sculpted by Pierre-Louis Rouillard (1820-1881) for the Universal Exhibition (World's Fair) in 1878 and was originally located in front of the Palace Trocadero. It was moved to it's present location (near the entrance to the Musée d'Orsay) in 1986.这座宏伟的雕塑矗立在巴黎奥赛博物馆（Musée d'Orsay）的入口外侧。笔者因完全被这座骏马雕塑的动感所折服与吸引，特地尝试拍摄出优质的照片：从整体的磅礴气势与存在感、姿态的张力，到对雕塑细节的极致考究——诸如马颈与口鼻处的褶皱、跗关节处细微的饰毛、蹄壁上的蹄钉与马蹄铁等等；甚至连每一缕毛发的走向都被细致地单独塑型。该作品由皮埃尔-路易·鲁亚尔（Pierre-Louis Rouillard，1820-1881）为1878年万国博览会（世界博览会）创作，最初坐落于特罗卡德罗宫前，后于1986年被移至如今的位置——奥赛博物馆入口附近。