Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto)
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) · 1856–60 · black crayon
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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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About this picture
Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto) is a CC0 drawing by Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), dated 1856–60. Black crayon. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto)” (1856–60) is cropped the way Degas liked: dancers, bathers, or a room seen as if glanced at, not arranged for a formal portrait.
About the artist
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French artist of dancers, bathers, races, and ordinary rooms. He drew constantly and often cropped a scene as if it had been glanced at, rather than posed for a formal portrait.
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