Conformation and the Parade Ring · At the Rail
Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey
Edgar Degas, 1866, reworked 1880–1881 and c. 1897 · oil on canvas
What it is
A jockey lies motionless in the foreground as horses race past from right to left, in Edgar Degas’s large canvas of 1866, reworked in 1880–81 and again in 1897.
Why it matters
Degas showed it at the Salon of 1866 and kept returning to it for thirty years.
What to notice
The fallen rider’s pink silks are the brightest point on the canvas, and a bird circles in the sky above.
The fall, and the race going on.
Provenance
- Maker
- Edgar Degas, 1866, reworked 1880–1881 and c. 1897
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The Yard Wakes
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1897
- Source
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon · via Wikimedia Commons · 1999.79.10
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Wikimedia Commons licence tag, read 2026-11-01: CC0. The maker died in 1917. Year for the gate, from the record: 1866, reworked 1880–1881 and c. 1897; the last rework is used.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.