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HORACE VERNET. The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses. Artist: Horace Vernet (French, Paris 1789-1863 Paris). Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (46 x 54 cm). Date: 1820.
Races of riderless horses were a highlight of Rome's Carnival, held each February before Lent. Vernet's painting depicts grooms struggling to restrain the horses before the start of the race--<i>la mossa</i>--in the Piazza del Popolo, which Goethe called "one of the finest sights that can be seen anywhere in the world." Vernet was certainly aware of his friend Gericault's studies of the race when he made this one, which served a preparatory role for a larger composition acquired by the French Ambassador to Rome (now private collection).

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Author: HORACE VERNET (1789-1863)

Title: The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

Caption: The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses. Artist: Horace Vernet (French, Paris 1789-1863 Paris). Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (46 x 54 cm). Date: 1820. Races of riderless horses were a highlight of Rome's Carnival, held each February before Lent. Vernet's painting depicts grooms struggling to restrain the horses before the start of the race--la mossa--in the Piazza del Popolo, which Goethe called "one of the finest sights that can be seen anywhere in the world." Vernet was certainly aware of his friend Gericault's studies of the race when he made this one, which served a preparatory role for a larger composition acquired by the French Ambassador to Rome (now private collection).

Technique/material: OIL ON CANVAS

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3989 × 3403 px | 38.8 MB

Print size: 33.8 × 28.8 cm | 1570.5 × 1339.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CANVAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • FRANCE • HORACE VERNET • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL ON CANVAS • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS