Arab Horseman at the Gallop

1849

Eugène Delacroix

Associated Names
Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

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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Artwork history & notes

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.

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Exhibition History

2014

  • Mind's Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cézanne. Dallas Museum of Art, 2014, no. 14 (color)(entry by Louis-Antoine Prat).

Markings

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

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