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This is a drawing of a figure riding a horse. The drawing is a sketch done in pencil on paper. The central focus is on a figure on a rearing horse. The figure is gripping a banner in one hand and wielding an object in the other. The horse is captured mid-stride, with detailed anatomy and a defined expression. The background is subtly hinted at with light pencil strokes.
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This is a drawing of a figure riding a horse. The drawing is a sketch done in pencil on paper. The central focus is on a figure on a rearing horse. The figure is gripping a banner in one hand and wielding an object in the other. The horse is captured mid-stride, with detailed anatomy and a defined expression. The background is subtly hinted at with light pencil strokes.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Arab Horseman at the Gallop

Eugène Delacroix

Date
1849
Medium
graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
sheet: 32.07 × 25.72 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2019.45.12
Credit line
Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • equestrian
  • portrait
  • Horse
  • Sword
  • Man
Provenance

Atelier Delacroix (Lugt 838a); (Delacroix sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 22-27 February 1864, part of no.. 571 or no. 572[?]). (W. M. Brady, Inc., New York); William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, Dallas, TX, 1996; bequest to NGA, 2019.

Marks

lower left in red: E.D (Lugt 838a)

NGA object ID 219310. 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.