A Saddled Bay Hunter
George Stubbs·1786
Historical Context
A Saddled Bay Hunter from 1786 by George Stubbs depicts a riding horse ready for the hunt. The saddled horse, awaiting its rider, was a popular subject that combined equine portraiture with the suggestion of sporting activity to come. Stubbs's oil technique was grounded in exhaustive anatomical study—he spent eighteen months dissecting horses at a Lincolnshire farmhouse before painting the plates for his Anatomy of the Horse (1766)—producing an exactitude of musculature and bone structure...
Technical Analysis
The bay hunter is rendered with Stubbs's characteristic anatomical precision, the saddle and tack depicted with equal attention to material detail.
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