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HORACE VERNET (Paris, 1789-1863)
THE START OF THE FREE HORSE…
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HORACE VERNET (Paris, 1789-1863)
THE START OF THE FREE HORSE…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Description
HORACE VERNET (Paris, 1789-1863)
THE START OF THE FREE HORSE RACE IN ROME
Round copper
The start of the free horses' race in Rome, round copper
8,80 CM - 3,5 IN.
PROVENANCE
Gaston Delestre Collection
Gaston Delestre collection sale, Artcurial, 22 March 2017, no. 124 ;
French private collection
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Charles Sterling, Margaretta M. Salinger, 'French Paintings. A catalogue of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art', New York, 1966, cited p. 17
Catalogue of the exhibition French nineteenth century paintings, pastels & watercolors, New York, Shepherd Gallery, 1984, quoted as no. 21.
Horse racing was one of the highlights of Rome's Carnival, celebrated each year before the start of Lent. The start was given in the Piazza del Popolo. Here, Vernet, no doubt inspired by studies by his friend Géricault, shows grooms trying to control the horses before the race starts.
The Metropolitan Museum in New York holds a sketch of this scene, which served as preparatory work for a composition commissioned by the French ambassador in Rome.
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