Alfred Dehodencq sketching horse and rider from Europe and North Africa, Gypsy, donkey & dogs

 Salvete Omnes,

today a long title to my post but a short gallop across some of the artwork by a French XIX century master Alfred Dehodencq -  wiki. 

Sketches and watercolor studies -  more on wiki commons .. 

and  paintings of les Bohemiens (the Gypsy Roma on their wandering ) - Spanish most likely, as he had gone to Spain after 1848 AD or so.   

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Rosa Bonheur - Horses

 Salvete Omnes,

 

I am closing this month of March with more maestra Rosa Bonheur's magnificent equestrian art - from the published catalogs (accessible on Archive), and her most famous Horse Fair from the MET in NYC:

MET's Horse fair - more here

Nota bene, my favorite, apart from Academy.org, Gallica and Polish FBC, internet library  Archive is facing a significant legal challenge from book publishers - Hachette vs Internet Archive. 

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