.jpg?w=1)
拍品專文
The present picture dates from circa 1799, from the period between the Swiss artist's first visit to England in the early 1790s and his decision to settle there in October 1800. In 1798 Agasse, together with Adam-Wolfgang Töpffer and De la Rive, went on sketching and painting tours around the Mont Blanc and Evian areas of Savoy, and the countryside around Geneva. The treatment of the horses and figures in this picture recall Agasse and Töpffer's collaboration on The Horse Fair at Gaillard (Musée d' Art et d' Historie, Geneva), circa 1799.
Agasse's interest in animals and nature stemmed from his childhood summers spent at the family's country house in Crevin, at the foot of Mt. Salève in Savoy, where he developed his love of horses and other farm animals. After an early training in Geneva, he decided to further his studies in Paris, where he worked in Jacques-Louis David's studio, and also attended classes in dissection, osteology and anatomy. On his return to Geneva he met George Pitt, later Lord Rivers, a great lover of horses and coursing, who encouraged Agasse to accompany him to England and who undoubtedly inspired his works.
Agasse's interest in animals and nature stemmed from his childhood summers spent at the family's country house in Crevin, at the foot of Mt. Salève in Savoy, where he developed his love of horses and other farm animals. After an early training in Geneva, he decided to further his studies in Paris, where he worked in Jacques-Louis David's studio, and also attended classes in dissection, osteology and anatomy. On his return to Geneva he met George Pitt, later Lord Rivers, a great lover of horses and coursing, who encouraged Agasse to accompany him to England and who undoubtedly inspired his works.