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Landscape with Rider on White Horse
Landscape with Rider on White Horse is an oil painting by the French Romanticist artist Jean-Achille Benouville. It dates from 1846 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Subject & Meaning
The painting is classified as a landscape genre and was created in France, later entering the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Jean-Achille Benouville painted Landscape with Rider on White Horse in 1846, an oil on canvas work measuring 35.5 cm by 53.3 cm. The composition shows a solitary rider on a white horse set within a broad, atmospheric landscape, a motif that dominates the picture without additional narrative figures. The painting is classified as a landscape genre and was created in France, later entering the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Its subject combines a realistic rendering of topography with the heroic figure of the rider, positioning the work within the tradition of 19th-century French landscape painting.
Technique & Style
Landscape with Rider on White Horse is an oil-on-canvas work painted by Jean-Achille Benouville in France in 1846. The support is a canvas, and the painting is executed in oil paint, a medium typical of mid-nineteenth-century French landscape practice. Its formal organization follows the academic landscape genre, presenting a rider on a white horse within a broadly rendered terrain that emphasizes atmospheric depth and balanced composition.
The work measures 35.5 cm by 53.3 cm, as recorded in the Cleveland Museum of Art's catalogue, and is part of that institution's collection.
History & Provenance
Landscape with Rider on White Horse was created by Jean-Achille Benouville in 1846, executed in oil paint on canvas in France. The painting is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it carries the accession number 2010.19, indicating it entered that institution's holdings in 2010. Beyond the work's inception date and its current placement at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the available sources do not document an earlier ownership chain, a commissioning party, or further details of its creation history.
Overview
Jean-Achille Benouville's "Landscape with Rider on White Horse," an oil painting from 1846, presents a serene natural setting. This work is part of the collection at The Cleveland Museum of Art. The composition features a tranquil pond and distant hills, with figures traversing a path, contributing to its quiet, contemplative mood typical of mid-19th century landscape art.
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Artist
Jean-Achille Benouville (1815–1891) was a French artist, born in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
