Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey

Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey

Edgar Degas · 1866

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

About this painting

Degas reworked this canvas across three decades — 1866, 1880-81, and 1897 — leaving the fallen jockey's pose radically altered from x-ray studies of the original.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

180 × 152 cm (70.9 × 59.8 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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