Cornelius Vanderbilt bought this painting from A.T. Stewart and donated it to the Met.
Cornelius Vanderbilt bought this painting from A.T. Stewart and donated it to the Met. A group of onlookers stand and sit on a grassy hillside between two trees on the right of this work, which is compositionally similar to its artist's first success, Ploughing in the Nivernais. Two men in coveralls stand at its left, while a man with an unbuttoned collar strides towards its center. The central dome of the PitiÃ©-SalpÃªtriÃ¨re Hospital is visible in the left background of this painting, whose setting is the dirty street of a tree-lined Paris boulevard. In its central scene, two white animals walk away from the viewer while a man raises a whip in an effort to control two bucking stallions. For 10 points, name this gigantic painting of a market selling the title animals by Rosa Bonheur.
Cornelius Vanderbilt bought this painting from A.T. Stewart and donated it to the Met.
The Horse Fair