自画像
1852
Edward Troye, the premier horse painter of 19th-century America, skipped the boring studio pose for this 1852 self-portrait. Instead, he paints himself looking dapper in a top hat, sitting comfortably in a carriage pulled by a white horse, while a young groom holds a magnificent brown thoroughbred nearby. It's a brilliant flex—showing off his own likeness alongside the equestrian subjects that made him famous, with discarded saddles on the ground hinting at a day of riding just finished or about to begin.
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