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The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses

Horace Vernet · 1789–1863

Maximum print size

33.8 × 29.5 cm · 13.3 × 11.6 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,000 × 3,482 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.8 × 29.5 cm · 13.3 × 11.6 in
Mat border, sides: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 5.6 cm · 2.2 in

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Details

Date: 1820
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 46.0 × 54.0 cm · 18.1 × 21.3 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Horses, Men, Spectators
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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