The Collision of Two Horsemen

1843-1844

99.1 cm 81.3 cm

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Delacroix uses fluid brush work to capture the color and movement of an Arab Fantasia, or ceremonial cavalry charge, mimicking battle, which he witnessed at the court of Sultan Abd-er-Rahmen of Morocco (1778-1859) while accompanying Count Charles de Mornay on a diplomatic expe...

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Schwabacher (?) (date and mode of acquisition unknown); Sale M. de S. (Schwabacher (?)), May 5, 1877, no. 6; purchased by Arnold and Tripp, February 12, 1881 [1]; purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, May 9, 1883 [2]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Arnold, Tripp et Compagnie, Livre d'entrée, no. 52 and Livre de Sortie, no. 1159, Collection of M. Dieterle[2] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 563.
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