1828
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Armored Figure on Horseback (recto) is a 1828 by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a knight in armor riding a horse. The knight wears a helmet with a face guard and holds the reins in his left hand. His right arm is bent, with his fist resting on his hip. The horse is rearing up on its hind legs. The knight and horse are drawn in brown ink, with some white highlights. The background is blank, with some faint pencil sketches of other figures. If you like this kind of art, you might enjoy learning more about the Romanticism movement.
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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