The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Horace Vernet (French, Paris 1789–1863 Paris)
Date: 1820
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (46 x 54 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887
Accession no.: 87.15.47

Self-Portrait
Horace Vernet
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003462
Self-Portrait in Rome
Horace Vernet
1832 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009510
Arab on Horseback
Horace Vernet
1800s · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012126
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768–1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet
Horace Vernet
1833 or later · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00015906