Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper
Dimensions
6-7/8 x 11-1/8 inches (17.4 x 28.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Carl Selden Bequest and Karen B. Cohen Fund, 2000
Accession Number
2000.105
Tags
Male NudesHorses
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux · 1827–1875
Carpeaux's exuberant work was a decisive break from Neoclassical art. He won the Prix de Rome in 1854 and received many portrait bust commissions from the court. His most famous sculpture group is 'La Danse' (1869) made for the Paris Opéra. So bold is its message of bacchanalian revelry that it was vandalized in protest. French artist.