The Chief of the Mamelukes on Horseback

1817

Antoine-Jean Gros

Associated Names
Antoine-Jean Gros

Printmaker, French, 1771 - 1835

The image shows two men, one on a horse and the other standing beside it. The man on the horse is in an elevated position, with a resolute facial expression, a beard, sharp eyebrows, a turban, a robe with ornate patterns, and sheathed knives in his waistband. The man standing beside the horse is shirtless with a muscular build, hair styled into two puffs, holding the horse's bridle in one hand and a stick or staff in the other. The setting behind them is sparsely depicted, with suggestive lines possibly indicating a landscape or horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    stone: 33 × 24 cm (13 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.5 × 26 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1053


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1972

  • Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972-1973, no. 22.

1988

  • Drawings on Stone: Early European Lithography, NGA, 1988.

Wikidata ID

Q65507415

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