Vernet, HoraceFrench, 1789–1863Арабская лошадь
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Where is “Арабская лошадь” now? Collection: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Unknown.
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-784
In the catalog
Sources
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
- Image: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts — © Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
In the life of Vernet, Horace
The whole life1829–1834
Post: director of the French Academy in Rome
1829–1835
Friendship with Bertel Thorvaldsen
In Rome he befriends the world-famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, who spent most of his professional life in Italy.
1833
Travels to Algeria as official artist
At Louis-Philippe's request he goes to Algeria as an official artist, with two battalions assigned to guard his journeys; yet he is struck less by the feats of the French soldiers than by their brave opponents in picturesque costumes. It is the first of five long visits to North Africa (1833, 1837, 1839–1840, 1845, 1853), during which he eagerly draws and gathers documents on the French conquests in Algeria and Morocco, material later turned into large canvases for the military gallery at Versailles.
c. 1835
Becomes a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts
On returning from Rome, where he directed the French Academy, he becomes a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
1836
First extended visit to Russia
Travels to Russia on diplomatic missions and enjoys the patronage of Emperor Nicholas I.
