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Date : near 1850
Material : Oil on canvas
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European Painting
Painting
Area related
Morocco
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The culture and landscape of North Africa became a source of inspiration in Delacroix's work after an enlightening trip to Morocco in 1832. For the artist, the horsemen he encountered embodied a nobility of spirit and strength of will that was traditionally associated in art with the heroes of antiquity. Here he distilled from memory and imagination a highly poetic view of a dashing rider-a vision heightened by the painting's dynamic composition, bold brushwork, and intense, contrasting.
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