Rearing Horse
Edgar Degas · modeled probably ca. 1880–90, cast 1920 · Bronze
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Marked public domain by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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About this picture
Rearing Horse is a public-domain sculpture by Edgar Degas, dated modeled probably ca. 1880–90, cast 1920. Bronze. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Rearing Horse” (modeled probably ca. 1880–90, cast 1920) is cropped the way Degas liked: dancers, bathers, or a room seen as if glanced at, not arranged for a formal portrait.
About the artist
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French artist of dancers, bathers, races, and ordinary rooms. He drew constantly and often cropped a scene as if it had been glanced at, rather than posed for a formal portrait.
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