Horseman

1861

Frédéric Auguste La Guillermie, after Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

Associated Names
Frédéric Auguste La Guillermie

Artist, French, 1841 - 1934

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

Artist After, French, 1815 - 1891

The image shows a person riding a horse. The rider, wearing a formal uniform with epaulettes, is seated upright on the horse, holding the reins. The rider faces to the right and wears a side-profile helmet or hat. Both the rider and the horse are fully visible, with the rider's facial features slightly detailed. The background is a plain, textured surface with no distinct objects or landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.2 × 14.2 cm (7 15/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.5 × 22.7 cm (12 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.256

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower right: E M [Meissonier's monogram] / 1861; in plate, below image, at left: Laguillermie Sculpt.; verso: at botton center in graphite in later hand: 52.63

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65223903

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