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-Painted in 1886 during the time Van Gogh first met other great painters Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gauguin. Van Gough was feeling strong and this muscular powerful horse seems a symbol of those good times.

 For this study in oils, Van Gogh used a small plaster model of a horse. He was then studying at the Antwerp art academy. There drawing was taught with the help of models like these, but painting had to be practiced at home. He painted this little horse on cardboard instead of canvas, because that was much cheaper.