A Horse Hitched to a Post
Eugène Delacroix · c. 1820 · oil on canvas
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About this picture
A Horse Hitched to a Post is a public-domain painting by Eugène Delacroix, dated c. 1820. Oil on canvas. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“A Horse Hitched to a Post” (c. 1820) 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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