Rosa bonheur the horse fair 1853
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The Horse Fair
Painting by Rosa Bonheur
The Horse Fair is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Rosa Bonheur, begun in 1852 and first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1853.
Bonheur added some finishing touches in 1855.
Rosa bonheur the horse fair 1853
The large work measures 96.25 in × 199.5 in (244.5 cm × 506.7 cm).[1]
The painting depicts dealers selling horses at the horse market held on the Boulevard de l'Hôpital in Paris.
The hospital of Salpêtrière can be seen in the left background.
The prime version of the painting has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 1887, when it was donated by Cornelius Vanderbilt II.
It is on view in Gallery 812. A smaller version is on display at the National Gallery in London.[2]
Background
Bonheur painted 'The Horse Fair' from a series of sketches of Percherons, and other draft horses, which she had made at the Paris horse market [fr] on the tree-lined Boule