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The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses, Horace Vernet

The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

Horace Vernet (French) (1789-1863)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1820
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46 × 54 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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Genre sceneRunningHorseAnimalManCrowdOnlookerCarnivalRomeItalyCurtainMovementStrengthFestivalGrandstandGallopRedWhiteBrownOil on canvas
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