Tag: horse

Amazone (1820)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Amazone (Horsewoman) 1820 or later Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Géricault studied horses extensively throughout his life, and his stay in England in 1820–21 inspired a group of works representing elegant…

Jérusalem (1867)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Jérusalem (Jerusalem) 1867 Oil on canvas, 82 x 144.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Jerusalem (Israel)

Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (c.1868-1870)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (View of Medinet El-Fayoum) c.1868–1870 Oil on wood, 38 x 56 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was the most publicly honored and financially successful French artist of the second half of…

Napoléon entrant au Caire (c.1900)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Napoléon entrant au Caire (Napoleon Entering Cairo) c.1900 Gilt bronze, 38.1 × 43.2 cm (without base) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Cairo (Egypt) | Napoléon I (1769-1821)

Course de chariots (1876)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Course de chariots (Chariot Race) 1876 Oil on cradled panel, 86.3 × 156 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Léon Gérôme claimed that he based this almost cinematic depiction of a chariot race at the Circus Maximus stadium in…

Le Jockey (1899)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Le Jockey (The Jockey) 1899 Colour lithography, 51.1 x 35.9 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Compare: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Le Jockey 1899 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne    

Arrivo a Colonia (1490)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo a Colonia (Arrival of the Pilgrims in Cologne) 1490 Oil on canvas, 279 x 254 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the seventh of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola).…