Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849, Swiss, active in Britain (from 1800)
Title:
A Groom Mounted on a Chestnut Hunter, He Holds a Bay Hunter by the Reins
Date:
early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches (60.3 x 75.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.251
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
costume | sporting art | hunter | wind | riding | rural | horses (animals) | animals | clouds | sky
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
Jessica David, Jacques Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), An investigation of his painting practice and an overview of his career , British Art Journal, Vol. XII, Autumn 2011, p. 47, fig. 3, N6761 + B74 12:2 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 60, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40717