Hussars

1878

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Painter, French, 1864 - 1901

This painting shows a man on a horse, both in profile, facing the left. The man is seated upright on the horse, appearing to sit on a tan saddle. He appears to have pale skin, a black mustache, and gray hair under a black-and-red hat, and he is dressed in a blue uniform with red accents. He carries a long wooden pole or lance on his right side that extends up his back and is taller than his head. In the background on the left, there is another horse and rider who appears to be wearing the same uniform. The backdrop features a cloudy blue sky, and the ground is also blue with a strip of brown and dark green below the central horse. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and visible.”

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.5 x 27 cm (8 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
    mount: 27 x 32.5 cm (10 5/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
    framed: 29.9 x 35.6 x 3.5 cm (11 3/4 x 14 x 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.59.14


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec. M. Salavin, Paris.[1] Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1994 to NGA.
[1]According to M.G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, New York, 1971.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • Chefs-D'Oeuvre des Collections Parisiennes. Peintures et Dessins de L'Ecole Française du XIX Siècle, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 1952-1953, no. 101, as Hussards.

1959

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 1959, no. 114.

Bibliography

1971

  • Dortu, M.G. Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre. 6 vols. New York, 1971:II:P4, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20188841

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