He is well in with all the grooms, horse dealers, horse fanciers and all these people look upon him as a real expert” –AW Topffer
One of the things I admire most about Agasse's paintings are these more introspective portraits of his patrons with their favorite animals at the time placed in a space, a landscape that undoubtedly meant much to the person. It is a candid view to which we are perhaps a bit jaded from familiarity with cameras but perhaps seemed more intimate and fresh than a more formal mounted pose to his contemporaries.
