Eugene Delacroix, French Lieutenant on Horseback Leading a Bedouin Cavalry, 1830, Oil on Canvas

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Oil painting (framed)
Artist: Unknown (style of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
Date: 19th century
Title: French lieutenant on horseback that leads … Read more Oil painting (framed)
Artist: Unknown (style of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
Date: 19th century
Title: French lieutenant on horseback that leads a Bedouin cavalry.
Medium: oil on canvas (linen base with original frame)
Size: 36.5 x 28 cm (undamaged)
Additional: There are no markings or signatures on the front or on the back.

Small painting that shows a French officer on horseback in the uniform of the French North African army of the 1830 season. Surrounded by a Bedouin army. Painted in loose but confident
Brush strokes. The Eugene Delacroix were used on this canvas, cleverly painted colors that resemble those like that
Used at the time of his Moroccore trip around 1832 (note: Use of cadmium red and ultramarin blue
Blue with a tech or lead white on the chest of the officers).
As one of the main representatives of the French
Romantic movement in painting Delacroix created numerous works.
This painting is unsigned, but bears all the characteristics of the master's handwriting. See less