MAKE A MEME View Large Image Delacroix - Collision of Moorish Horsemen - Walters 376.jpg Delacroix described the spectacular and violent military pageantry at the court of Sultan Abd-er-Rahmen of Morocco 1778-1859 which he witnessed while accompanying Count Charles de ...
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Keywords: Eugène Delacroix - Collision of Moorish Horsemen - Walters 376.jpg Delacroix described the spectacular and violent military pageantry at the court of Sultan Abd-er-Rahmen of Morocco 1778-1859 which he witnessed while accompanying Count Charles de Mornay on a diplomatic expedition on behalf of King Louis Philippe of France in 1832 During their military exercises which consist of riding their horses at full-speed and stopping them suddenly after firing a shot it often happens that the horses carry away their riders and fight each other when they collide between 1843 1844 oil on canvas cm 81 3 99 1 ; Framed H with build-up 48 5/16 x W 55 5/8 x D 8 5/8 in 122 71 x 141 29 x 21 91 cm accession number 37 6 3792 Schwabacher date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale M de S Schwabacher May 5 1877 no 6 Arnold and Tripp February 12 1881 by purchase see Arnold Tripp et Compagnie Livre d'entrée no 52 and Livre de Sortie no 1159 Collection of M Dieterle William T Walters Baltimore May 9 1883 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1883 Signature Lower left Eug Delacroix Exhibition title unknown held at Galerie des Beaux-Arts Galerie des Beaux-Arts Paris Paris 1844 Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863 Art Gallery of Toronto Toronto; National Gallery of Canada Ottawa 1962-1963 Orientalism Delacroix to Klee Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney; Auckland Art Gallery Auckland 1997-1998 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 place of origin The Hague Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Eugène Delacroix Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1840s paintings from France Depiction of muslim warriors in Western art Paintings of men on horseback
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