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The image depicts the full back view of a person sitting on a horse. The person is wearing a black military-style uniform with red details, including a red collar and red cuffs. They have a high black helmet adorned with a white plume. The person is positioned in a side-saddle manner, leaning slightly to the left, with their left hand holding the reins or bridle near the horse's neck. They are carrying crossed white belts across their back, a sheathed sword attached to the left side of their waist, and additional silver-toned and red accessories strapped across their chest and waist. The background is plain and solid brown.
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The image depicts the full back view of a person sitting on a horse. The person is wearing a black military-style uniform with red details, including a red collar and red cuffs. They have a high black helmet adorned with a white plume. The person is positioned in a side-saddle manner, leaning slightly to the left, with their left hand holding the reins or bridle near the horse's neck. They are carrying crossed white belts across their back, a sheathed sword attached to the left side of their waist, and additional silver-toned and red accessories strapped across their chest and waist. The background is plain and solid brown.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Mounted Cavalry Officer Seen from Behind

Franz Adam

Date
1850s
Medium
oil paint on brown oiled paper
Dimensions
sheet: 27.8 x 21.2 cm (10 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2010.130.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • military
Provenance

Dr. Franz Schnitzer, Munich (active second half of the 19th century)(Lugt 1046). (Joseph Fach, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Inscription

lower right: [not deciphered] remains of an earlier inscription

NGA object ID 154065. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.