Genre
Horses
The horse is the animal painting knows best, drawn for war, the hunt, the parade, and the racecourse. George Stubbs dissected one to paint it right, and his anatomy gave the English sporting picture a precision no earlier horse had on canvas.
Key artists
Works
Venus and Mars
Lake Lucerne
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
Archery Contest
Saint George and the Dragon
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
The Valley of Wyoming
Cider Making
The Last of the Buffalo
The Ark
View on the Catskill—Early Autumn
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond
View from the Quai d'Orsay
Adoration of the Magi
Moonlight Landscape with Crab Fishermen
Lady and Gentleman on Horseback
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涅槃図|Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
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The Judgment of Paris
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The Crucifixion
Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements
George Washington
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The Adoration of the Magi
The Departure for the Hunt
Dune Landscape with Figures
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A View of The Hague from the Northwest
Spring Morning in the Heart of the City
聖徳太子絵伝図|Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku (Shōtoku Taishi e-den)
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View of the Schuylkill County Almshouse Property
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Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field
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A Scene on the Ice
Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius
The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just
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On the Beach at Trouville
George Washington and William Lee
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Portrait of a Boy
George Washington before the Battle of Trenton
Young Woman with a Pink
Hunting Scene
南宋 佚名 傳李公麟 豳風七月圖 卷|Odes of the State of Bin
Troops at Rest
Marion Feasting the British Officer on Sweet Potatoes
The Third Duke of Dorset's Hunter with a Groom and a Dog
View of the Brenta, near Dolo
José Costa y Bonells, Called Pepito
House Raising
Bullfight in a Divided Ring
From My Studio Window
The Triumph of Mordecai
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明/清 佚名 舊傳郭煕 關山行旅圖 卷|Traveling amid Mountains
Captain George K. H. Coussmaker
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini
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Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before
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『大織冠』|The Great Woven Cap (Taishokkan)
The Return of Neptune
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Louis-Marie, Vicomte de Noailles
Allegory of the Planets and Continents
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Tea water pump
『画本葛飾振』|Picture Book in the Katsushika Style (Ehon Katsushika-buri)
清 佚名 蘇蕙璇璣圖 卷|Lady Su Hui and Her Verse Puzzle
六波羅合戦 平治物語絵巻 断簡|Battle at Rokuhara, from The Tale of the Heiji Rebellion
A Classical Landscape
The North Dutch Church, Fulton and William Streets, New York
Rainy Day in Camp
Album of Fifty-four Sketches
The Rajah Starting on a Hunt
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Market by the Seashore
The Garbage Cart
元？ 佚名 仿李公麟 人馬駱駝圖 冊頁|Mongol with Horse and Camel
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An Indian Encampment
狩野探幽筆 『画苑』|Famous Themes for Painting Study Known as “The Garden of Painting” (Gaen)
A Carriage Ride
The Drummond Children
The Dancing Glade at Sorgenfri
The Villa Loredan, Paese
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An Episode from the Life of Saint Giovanni Gualberto
Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus
Portrait of a Gentleman in a Carriage
Berg's Ship Yard
Gathering Wood
Saint Dominic Resuscitating Napoleone Orsini
Captain Patrick Miller
Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn
Horse
Cottage on the dirt road
Italian landscape with soldiers
Landscape with frozen canal, skaters and an ice-boat
The Surrender of Brea
A Bog with Peat Cutters. Høsterkøb, North Zealand
Große Landschaft mit Tieren
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Autumn Meadows
The Good Samaritan
Pilgrims Travelling to Ise
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The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses
The Claremont
Orpheus and the Animals
A Man Asleep Alongside a Dog and a Horse
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唐 韓幹 照夜白圖 卷|Night-Shining White
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
「提婆達多品」 「安楽行品」 『(法華経)』|Lotus Sutra, Chapters 12 and 14
南宋 馬和之 詩經小雅鴻雁之什六篇圖 卷|Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"
The Third Avenue Railroad Depot
南宋 傳陳居中 胡騎春獵圖 團扇|Nomads hunting with falcons
The Meeting of Alexander the Great and Diogenes
George Harley Drummond (1783–1855)
The Smugglers' Cove
Landscape and Figures
Horses near the fence.
The Sewer
A Beach with Fishing Boats
Saints Boris and Gleb
A Mosque
The Artist Painting a Cow in a Meadow
The 9:45 Accommodation
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A Reconnaissance
明 佚名 胡笳十八拍圖 卷|Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wenji
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Market Woman at the Vegetable Stall
A Danish Coast. View from Kitnæs on Roskilde Fjord. Zealand
Hunter and Hounds being Judged
Hunt at the Castle of Torgau in honour of Charles V
A Stranger Asking his Way at a Farm on the Moors
Noah's Ark
The Spanish Armada off the English coast
南宋 傳 李唐 晉文公復國圖 卷|Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State
Benjamin West (fragment from a portrait)
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
聖徳太子絵伝図|Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku (Shōtoku Taishi e-den)
The Adoration of the Magi
November and December (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)
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Illustrated Legends of the Origins of the Kumano Shrines (Kumano engi emaki)
Queen's Gate at Aigues-Mortes
Hudson House
秋夜長物語絵巻|A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)
明/清 佚名 舊傳陸青 洗馬圖 冊頁|Washing a Horse
Saddle Horse in Farm Yard
明 傳仇英 五星二十八宿神形圖 卷|Divinities of the Planets and Constellations
Canal Side
Asia
明/清 佚名 舊傳趙孟頫 相馬圖 卷|Judging a Horse
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馬鳴菩薩図像|Iconographic Drawing of the Bodhisattva Memyō (Ashvaghosha)
Horse Race at Kamo
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Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus, from a Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
Seated Arab Man with Horse
Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore
View on Tamaracá Island, Brazil
The Judgement of Midas. The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas
Saint Sebastian
The Judgement of Paris
The Crucifixion
A Troup of Performers Arriving at the Fair at Dyrehavsbakken Near the Deer Park, North of Copenhagen
En færge over Gudenåen
A Ferry Scene on the Susquehanna at Wright's Ferry, near Havre de Grace
Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery
Flemish Market and Washing Place
Roman Soldiers in the Circus
The Second of May 1808
The Adoration of the Magi
Saint Catherine
On the ice near a town
The Wolf Hunt
The Lion Hunt
Launching a fishing boat (type 'Pink') in the sea
Frequently asked questions
What is Horses?
Horses is a motif in painting. The horse is the animal painting knows best, drawn for war, the hunt, the parade, and the racecourse.
How many Horses works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 769 public-domain Horses works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Horses artists?
Key Horses artists in the collection include Titian, Paolo Veronese and Thomas Cole.