The Charging Chasseur

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The Charging Chasseur is an oil painting on canvas of about 1812 by the French painter Théodore Géricault, portraying Napoleon's cavalry officer on a horse, ready to attack. The painting represents French romanticism and has a 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 ... more
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  • 1812

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Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault (26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a profoundly influential French artist, painter and lithographer, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings. Although he died young, he became one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement. Born in Rouen, France, Géricault was...

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  • 3.49 m (11.5 ft )
  • 2.66 m (8.73 ft )

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