Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux — Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome, 1860. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome

by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie)
Date: 1860
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, and gouache
Dimensions: 6-7/8 x 11-1/8 inches (17.4 x 28.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Carl Selden Bequest and Karen B. Cohen Fund, 2000
Accession no.: 2000.105

Provenance

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