Arab Horseman at the Gallop
Eugène Delacroix · 1849 · graphite on tracing paper
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About this picture
Arab Horseman at the Gallop is a public-domain drawing by Eugène Delacroix, dated 1849. Graphite on tracing paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Arab Horseman at the Gallop” (1849) favors movement and rich color over the calm line of the academy, which is Delacroix’s Romantic habit.
About the artist
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) was the leading French Romantic painter. His pictures favor movement, rich color, and literary or historical subjects over the calm line of the academy.
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