Armored Figure on Horseback (recto) — About This Work
Eugène Delacroix, c. 1828
About the Work
An armoured rider and horse are built from exploratory graphite lines and brown wash. The rider's equipment and the animal's body form a joined subject, with the wash gathering scattered marks into larger masses.
The sheet brings together two different speeds of description. Pencil can test an edge or position, while the brush establishes a broader emphasis, allowing line and tone to remain distinguishable within the same study.
The museum identifies the reproduced face as the recto. Preserving that complete face keeps the figure within its working space, where the surrounding paper helps reveal how Delacroix developed the horse and rider as a connected arrangement.
The Work
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Title: Armored Figure on Horseback (recto)
Date: c. 1828
Medium: Graphite and brush and brown wash
Recorded dimensions: 39.7 × 27 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1933.418.a
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 40 × 50 cm Classic Frame, landscape.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0. Dudley P. Allen Fund. 1933.418.a.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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