Two Sportsmen Mounting Their Horses

1856

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows a person wearing a tall hat leading a horse on a path. The perspective is slightly elevated, showing the figure and animals clearly. The horizon is high in the scene, with open land to the left. The sky on the right is depicted with expressive lines suggesting cloud formations. The etching technique is visible in the fine and bold lines rendering the landscape and figures with varied textures. The color palette is monochrome with dark lines against the light paper, creating a stark and graphic quality.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.3 × 7.5 cm (3 1/4 × 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 9.8 × 8.1 cm (3 7/8 × 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.124.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil 1906 - 1926, no. 9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably Gustave Pellet [1859 - 1919], Paris; probably Maurice Exteens, Paris; Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Switzerland; Swiss private collection; (Eric Gillis & Associates,

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969: no. 9

1984

  • Reed, Sue Welsh and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Boston, 1984: no. 3, i/v

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