Image

Eugène Delacroix

Turk Resting, Watched by His Horse, 1824

Description

Maker

Title

Turk Resting, Watched by His Horse

Year

1824

Medium

Graphite, watercolor, opaque watercolor, and pen and ink, with scraped highlights on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

14 x 21.6 cm (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink, LR: "E. d" and in graphite: "elacroix"

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

28.006

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selection V

French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh

June 5 - October 26, 2008

Delacroix’s fascination with exotic horsemen influenced much of his work. In this image, he created a somewhat curious relationship between horse and rider, giving the horse an anthropomorphized expression of concern as it looks upon the rider. Does the rider sleep or languish close to death?

Use

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