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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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Título: The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses
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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).
Técnica/material: óleo sobre lienzo
Museo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito: Album
Tamaño imagen: 3989 × 3403 px | 38.8 MB
Tamaño impresión: 33.8 × 28.8 cm | 1570.5 × 1339.8 in (300 dpi)