The Leaping Horse
| The Leaping Horse | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1825 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 129.4 cm × 188 cm (50.9 in × 74 in) |
| Location | Royal Academy, London |
The Leaping Horse is an 1825 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] It portrays a scene on the River Stour in Constable Country. A tow horse pulling a barge is shown leaping over one of the cattle guard barriers erected to stop cattle wandering. It was one of the large "six-footers" he produced from 1819 onwards.[2]
It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1825 under the simple title of Landscape.[3] It is now in the collection of the Royal Academy having been acquired in 1889.[4] A full-sized preparatory study for the painting is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bailey p 163
- ^ Bermingham p.138
- ^ Hamilton p.189
- ^ https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-leaping-horse
- ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82787/the-leaping-horse-full-scale-oil-painting-constable-john-ra/
Bibliography
[edit]- Bermingham, Ann. Landscape and Ideology: The English Rustic Tradition, 1740-1860'". University of California Press, 1989.
- Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
- Humphreys, Richard. John Constable: The Leaping Horse. Royal Academy of Arts, 2018.
- Reynolds, Graham. Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
- Thornes, John E. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science. A&C Black, 1999.
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