The painting shoes a scene with a horse, captured from a low point of view. The horizon is low, with a broad expanse of gray-blue sky above it and a thin strip of green fields stretching horizontally below it. A horse, painted with broad, expressive brushstrokes, is near the center of the painting, moving across a sandy path towards the left. The horse is white, with a long mane and a short tail, and a dark saddle on its back. In the distance, a small haystack is visible on the left, and there are some swirling, indistinct lines on the right. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and…
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A Plow Horse in a Field

painter Stanislas Lépine (French, 1835 - 1892)

1870/1874

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 18.9 x 32.9 cm (7 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.) ; framed: 25.6 x 40.6 x 3.2 cm (10 1/16 x 16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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