# Portrait of a Horse

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/agasse-jacques-laurent-r21be8b504cf192/portrait-of-a-horse-rcd5474b33bb24f>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [AGASSE, Jacques-Laurent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/agasse-jacques-laurent-r21be8b504cf192>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on paper laid down on board, 36 x 44 cm

## Commentary

In England Agasse was praised for his extreme devotion to art, of his marvellous knowledge of anatomy, of his special fondness for the English racehorses, and his excellence in depicting them.

## Related artworks

- [A Gentleman with Horses by a Stream](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/agasse-jacques-laurent-r21be8b504cf192/a-gentleman-with-horses-by-a-stream-rd00fa09d94d24c>)
- [Study of Dogs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/agasse-jacques-laurent-r21be8b504cf192/study-of-dogs-rcd3916d031f0ac>)
- [The Playground](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/agasse-jacques-laurent-r21be8b504cf192/the-playground-rac1d1689784cce>)
- [Two Terriers by a Mossy Bank](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/agasse-jacques-laurent-r21be8b504cf192/two-terriers-by-a-mossy-bank-rc3d9c074df256a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)