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 visible.
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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 visible.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

A Plow Horse in a Field

Stanislas Lépine

Date
1870/1874
Medium
oil on canvas
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.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1994.59.8
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CF

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • French
  • mammal
  • animal
  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century. Part II: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
  • Horse
  • Realist
Provenance

Lucien Lépine, St. Georges du Bois, Charente Maritime. (Robert Schmidt, Paris); sold January 1969 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1994 to the National Gallery of Art.

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