Conformation and the Parade Ring · At the Rail
At the Races, c. 1875
Édouard Manet, c. 1875 · oil on wood
What it is
Horses race straight toward the viewer down a green track lined with spectators, in Édouard Manet’s small oil on wood of about 1875.
Why it matters
Manet turned the field head-on, so the race comes at you instead of across.
What to notice
The jockeys are a few strokes of white and blue, and the crowd behind the rail is a dark band on the right.
Coming straight for you.
Provenance
- Maker
- Édouard Manet, c. 1875
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The Yard Wakes
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Made
- 1875
- Source
- National Gallery of Art, Washington · via Wikimedia Commons · 1942.9.41
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 1883.
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 11x17" 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.