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The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses by Horace Vernet — VisualArtsDB

The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

1820

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (46 x 54 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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European Paintings

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spectatorsmenhorses

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