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Chasseur à Cheval (Soldier on Horseback)

1885

Jean-Baptiste-Edouard Detaille

Associated Names

Jean-Baptiste Edouard Detaille

Artist, French, 1848 - 1912

The image shows a man riding a horse with a rifle across his lap. He wears a dark blue uniform with a military-style cap and a mustache, while a bandolier crosses his chest. In the background, there are several other riders in similar uniforms. The setting is a forest with dense foliage, trees, and grassy terrain.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and gouache on wove paper
Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin
Dimensions

sheet: 39.7 x 29.9 cm (15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2012.66.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Louvois SARL, Paris); purchased 2012

Associated Names

Galerie Jean-François Baroni

Exhibition History

2014

The Color of Nature: Recent Acquisitions of Landscape Watercolors, NGA, 2014.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: EDOUARD DETAILLE / 1885; verso in graphite: Chasseur à Cheval / (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q64581193

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