Carle VERNET (1758–1836). A young rider holding the reins of his bay horse in a stable courtyard.

Carle VERNET (1758–1836) A young rider holding the reins of his bay horse in a stable courtyard. Oil on canvas, signed toward the middle on the right and dated “179[...]” Height: 50 cm Length: 61 cm Re-stretching and restoration. Note: Known for having been an excellent horseman in his youth, “elegant, well-limbed, [with] a handsome figure,” Carle Vernet is probably the French painter to whom we owe the recognition of the horse as a subject in its own right in French art. Accordin

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Saint Georges-lès-Baillargeaux

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H 50 × B 61 cm