A Mounted Cavalry Officer Seen from Behind

1850s

Franz Adam

Associated Names
Franz Adam

Artist, German, 1815 - 1886

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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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil paint on brown oiled paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.8 x 21.2 cm (10 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.130.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

2010

  • Joseph Fach. Gemälde, Ölstudien, und Zeichnungen: catalogue 98. Frankfurt am Main, 2010: no. 23

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64570488

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