1828
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Armored Figure on Horseback (recto); Horse in Front of a Barn (verso) is a 1828 by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a rider in heavy armor on a rearing horse, drawn in quick, loose lines. The horse’s muscles tense as it lifts its front legs. On the back side of the paper, a dark horse stands still in front of a simple barn, its coat almost black against the lighter background. The rider’s armor looks old-fashioned, almost like armor from centuries ago. The barn scene is drawn with strong contrasts between light and dark. Look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH; French: ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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