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The 1821 Derby at Epsom, or Horse Race (Course de chevaux, traditionally called Le Derby de 1821 à Epsom) is an 1821 painting by Théodore Géricault in the Louvre Museum, showing The Derby of that year.

Le Derby d'Epsom
ArtistThéodore Géricault
Year1821
TypeOil painting
Dimensions92 cm × 123 cm (36 in × 48 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris

Fascinated by horses, Géricault made many paintings portraying them. Working for a while at the imperial stables at Versailles, he had the opportunity to study them in detail and made numerous portraits of horses.[1] Other paintings of horses by Géricault include Officer Hunter Horse of the Imperial Guard Charging (1812) and Race of Free Horses in Rome (1819).[2]

This work is a rare and valuable example of painting dated from his travel in England, when Géricault preferred to work in lithography. It was painted for the English horse dealer Adam Elmore. The race itself was won by Gustavus, becoming the first grey to win the race. The painting was acquired by the Musée du Louvre in 1866.[3]

The position of the horses' legs in the painting - with both front and hind legs extended outwards while airborne - is never actually exhibited by a galloping horse. This was discovered by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878, who showed using high-speed photography that galloping horses are airborne when their legs are beneath the body, just before the hind legs touch ground.


References


  1. Cartelfr.louvre.fr Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 3, 2009
  2. Cartelfr.louvre.fr Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 3, 2009
  3. Cartelfr.louvre.fr Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 3, 2009

На других языках


- [en] The 1821 Derby at Epsom

[es] Derbi en Epsom

Derbi en Epsom, (en francés, Le Derby d'Epsom), (1821) es una pintura romántica de Théodore Géricault. Se trata de un óleo sobre lienzo que mide 92 centímetros de alto por 123 cm de ancho. Actualmente se conserva en el Museo del Louvre de París, Francia.

[fr] Le Derby d'Epsom

Course de chevaux, dit traditionnellement Le Derby de 1821 à Epsom ou simplement Le Derby d'Epsom, est un tableau de Théodore Géricault.

[ru] Скачки в Эпсоме

«Скачки в Эпсоме» (фр. Le Derby d'Epsom) — картина французского художника Теодора Жерико в Англии в 1821 году — одна из немногих живописных работ художника, созданных во время его пребывания в Англии в 1821 году. В 1866 году картина была приобретена Музеем Лувра.



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