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The Horse Fair, 1852–55. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Realism
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- Museum title
- The Horse Fair
- Artist
- Rosa Bonheur (French, Bordeaux 1822–1899 Thomery)
- Date
- 1852–55
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm)
- Credit line
- Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.