Race of the Riderless Horses

Artist Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet French, 1789–1863

Datecirca 1820

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsoverall: 22 1/8 × 28 3/4 in. (56.2 × 73 cm)
frame: 28 × 34 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (71.1 × 87.6 × 10.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Warner L. Atkins

Object number84.3

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceWith Shepherd Galleries, New York; purchased by NCMA, 1984.

Published ReferencesRaleigh: The News and Observer (July 18, 1984), 13A, illus. "Recent Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1984), discussed 12-13, illus. (b-w) 13. "Principales Acquisitions des Musées en 1984," La Chronique des Arts (Supplement to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts) no. 1394 (March 1985), 40, no. 226, illus. Horace Vernet (1789–1863) (exhibition catalogue) (Versailles, Château de Versailles, 2023), cat. no. 31, illus. (detail) 8 and (in full, color) 110, other mentions 113, 415, 419.

Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Shepherd Gallery, “French Nineteenth Century Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors,” Spring Exhibition, 1984, cat. no. 21, illus.; “The French Neoclassic and Academic Tradition 1800-1900: Figurative and Compositional Paintings, Oil Sketches, and Works on Paper,” Winter Exhibition, 1984, cat. no. 10, illus. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Methods of the Masters: Techniques in Art,” October 2, 1986-August 30, 1987. Versailles, National Museum of the Château de Versailles, "Horace Vernet," November 14, 2023-March 17, 2024.

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