The Charging Chasseur
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| The Charging Chasseur |
| Théodore Géricault, circa 1812 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 349 × 266 cm |
| Louvre, Paris |
The Charging Chasseur is an oil painting on canvas by the French painter Théodore Géricault, and portrays Napoleon's cavalry officer on a horse, ready to attack. The painting represents French romanticism and has motif similar to Jacques Louis David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps, but non-classical characteristics of the picture include its dramatic diagonal arrangement and vigorous paint handling. In The Charging Chasseur, the horse appears to be rearing away from an unseen attacker.
[edit] References
- Chu, Petra ten-Doesschate. Nineteenth Century European Art. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ: 2006.
