The Riders
1885 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a group of jockeys on horseback in a landscape, reflecting Degas's lifelong fascination with the movement and anatomy of horses. The work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
Did you know?
Degas was notoriously obsessed with the horses at the Longchamp racetrack, often visiting to study their movements and the tensions between riders and their mounts. While he is most famous for his paintings of ballet dancers, his depictions of jockeys are considered some of the most dynamic and sophisticated studies of equine movement in 19th-century French art.
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The Riders
Edgar Degas, 1885
