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Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest

1858

Eugène Delacroix

(French, 1798–1863)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 76 x 87.5 x 7.5 cm (29 15/16 x 34 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 50.4 x 61.5 cm (19 13/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1032
Public Domain
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Location
219 19th Century European
Print

Description

A leading figure of the French Romantic movement, Delacroix painted traditional historical subjects, but in a dramatic, expressive manner. The Greek struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s caught the imagination of numerous French artists, who identified the Greek cause with their own revolution thirty years earlier. Like British Romantic poets, French artists regarded the Greek war of independence as a struggle for the survival of Western democracy and Christian civilization.
A horizontally oriented oil painting is composed of dark, brushy layers and deep greens, save for three men with medium-light skin tones. On our left, a man in a gold tunic sits atop a white horse. Near the center, a man in a gold jacket sits on a fallen log. To our right, a third man in a red jacket and blue trousers lies on the ground beneath thick, shadowy trees.

Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest

1858

Eugène Delacroix

(French, 1798–1863)
France, 19th century

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