We find ourselves on an emerald-green, grassy racetrack as a dusty cluster of horses and their jockeys bear directly down on us in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. Closest to us, three horses run with their legs widely splayed and a fourth brings up the close rear to our left. Only closer inspection reveals a fifth horse nearby, seen over the shoulder of the jockey to our left of center. All the horses are chestnut brown except the second from our right, which is black. The faces of the jockeys are indistinct but they seem to have light skin. The jockey on the left-most horse wears…
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At the Races

Edouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883)

c. 1875

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 12.6 x 21.9 cm (4 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.) ; framed: 36.2 x 45.4 x 4.4 cm (14 1/4 x 17 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Widener Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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