Why it matters
Dealers sell horses at the Paris horse market on the Boulevard de l'Hôpital, with the Salpêtrière hospital in the background. Bonheur dressed as a man, with police permission, to sketch at the market without drawing attention.
Did you know?
- It measures 244.5 × 506.7 cm.
- It was first exhibited at the Salon of 1853.
- Cornelius Vanderbilt II donated it to the Met in 1887.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Horse Fair (CC BY-SA 4.0).
