The artwork is part of the A3M Collection
— In this drawing, Il cavaliere, Marini captures the essence of his lifelong motif — the rider and horse — through the economy of a single line. The contour flows with intuitive grace, tracing the unity between human and animal as one shared heartbeat. The horse, powerful yet gentle, carries the rider not through space but through emotion: their forms blend into a quiet dialogue of trust and tension.
The simplicity of the drawing belies its profound psychological depth. The figures seem to hover between dream and waking, their outlines trembling like memory. In this work, Marini’s modernism is deeply human; he distills myth into gesture and motion into silence. The drawing feels both timeless and personal — a meditation on companionship, balance, and the fragile poetry of existence.
Marino Marini is best known for his dynamic equestrian sculptures — stylized representations of horse and rider that evolved from classical harmony into increasingly dramatic and expressive forms.
