Hand-painted in oil
About this Artwork
Riding for display
A promenade is a social form: riding at a walk, in a public place, in order to be seen doing it. The animal's job is neither transport nor sport but presentation, and the pace is set by the company rather than by the destination. 4 titles in this catalogue use the word, which makes it a small but distinct functional cluster.
What the record holds
The date of creation is 1868 and the location is the Hiroshima Museum of Art, in Hiroshima. The dimensions are not recorded. Impressionism is the style term on the record and French the nationality; the measured colour family of the image is ochre. Rural and eco-nature headings sit with Animal Art > Horse.
A title reproduced as it stands
The title as this catalogue holds it reads The Promenade on Houseback, with the spelling as printed. Titles here are carried from their source rather than repaired, because a silent correction makes a record harder to trace back rather than easier. The heading is quoted as found, the oddity is flagged, and the reading of it is left to you.
Sources
2 references- Degas, Edgar — Getty ULAN
French painter, sculptor, 1834-1917
- Edgar Degas — Wikipedia
Edgar Degas (UK: , US: ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced wax sc
