spotted horses panel

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The spotted horses panel is a famous Paleolithic cave painting depicting dappled horses, located within the prehistoric art site of the Grotte de Pech Merle in southwestern France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleolithic cave painting
prehistoric rock art panel
artHistoricalCategory Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
surface form: Franco-Cantabrian cave art
associatedWith Musée de préhistoire du Pech Merle
surface form: Pech Merle Museum
conservationStatus protected cultural heritage site
country France
culture Upper Paleolithic
currentUse subject of archaeological and art-historical study
depicts dappled horses
spotted horses
discoveredIn 20th century
estimatedAge Upper Palaeolithic
surface form: Upper Paleolithic era

approximately 25,000 years old
hasFeature associated hand stencils nearby
black spots on horse bodies
large-scale horse figures
polychrome effects
imageReproducedIn books on prehistoric art
educational materials on Paleolithic art
museum exhibitions
lightingCondition originally viewed by torch or lamplight
locatedIn Cabrerets
Grotte de Pech Merle
Lot department
Occitanie
surface form: Occitanie region

southwestern France
materialUsed charcoal
mineral pigments
ochre
numberOfMainFigures two large horses
orientation horses facing left
partOf Grotte de Pech Merle
surface form: Grotte de Pech Merle prehistoric art site

decorated chambers of Pech Merle
period Gravettian
Solutrean archaeological culture
surface form: Solutrean
researchTopic Paleolithic representation of horse coat patterns
symbolism in Upper Paleolithic art
significance iconic example of European Paleolithic cave art
important evidence for early figurative art
subjectType animal representation in cave art
surface irregular limestone wall
technique blowing or spitting pigment
painted on limestone cave wall
use of natural rock contours
tourism accessible to the public on guided tours

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Grotte de Pech Merle hasNotableFeature spotted horses panel
Pech Merle cave system knownFor spotted horses panel