Artwork

Saddled Horse with a Study of a Rider

Saddled Horse with a Study of a Rider, by Edgar Degas, graphite, 1864
Saddled Horse with a Study of a Rider, by Edgar Degas, graphite, 1864

Saddled Horse with a Study of a Rider is a graphite drawing by the Impressionist artist Edgar Degas. It dates from 1864 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Edgar Degas

Artist

Edgar Degas

Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas on 19 July 1834 in Paris, Edgar Degas came from an affluent banking family with aristocratic roots and spent his childhood among the cultivated circles of the French capital.

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