Handlers struggle to release and restrain riderless racehorses as spectators lean over a draped platform above. Géricault packs the foreground with twisting bodies, raised legs, and crossing reins, turning the Roman event into a surge of muscle and crowd energy. Sources: https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.189; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Th%C3%A9odore%20G%C3%A9ricault%20-%20Riderless%20Racers%20at%20Rome%20-%20Walters%2037189.jpg (Public domain image).

Exhibition Venue

Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, United States