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| Adam-Franz, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, later Herzog von Krumlov, performing a capriole, by Johann Georg von Hamilton, circa 1700-10. |
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| El Cid, by Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington, 1927. |
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| Model posing for El Cid (above), before 1927. |
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| Equestrian portrait of mademoiselle Croizette, by Carolus-Duran, 1873. |
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| Cavalier (Portrait équestre de M. Arnaud), by Édouard Manet (apparently finished by another hand), circa 1875. |
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| Equestrian portrait of Prince Boris Yusupov, by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1809. |
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| Unknown artist and subject, circa 1690. |
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| Horse and female rider, Tang dynasty (618–907). |
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| Mounted Trumpeters of Napoléon's Imperial Guard, by Théodore Géricault, 1813-1814. |
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| Shah Jahan on Horseback, page from the Shah Jahan Album, portrait by Payag, circa 1630. |
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| Jumping the Gate, by James Seymour, circa 1740-50. |
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| Le Cauchemar (The Nightmare), by John Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli), 1782. |
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| Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland, by David Morier, 1765. |
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| "Sacrifice", one of the two "Arts of War" sculptural groups flanking the Arlington Memorial Bridge, by Leo Friedlander, circa 1929-30, cast 1950-51. |
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| Its pair, "Valor." |
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| King George II, by Joseph Highmore, circa 1740s-50s. |
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| Equestrian portrait of Saint Louis of France (King Louis IX), by Jacopo Ligozzi, circa last quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th. |
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| Louis-Eugène d’Etchegoyen, Calvary Officer, by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1810. |
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| Spirit of Kansas, by Mary Bartlett Pillsbury Weston, 1892. |
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| Sketch for Equestrian Portrait of Manuel Godoy, duque de la Alcudia, by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, 1794. |
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| Equestrian portrait of Count Anatole Demidoff, later 1st Prince of San Donato, by Karl Briullov, begun circa 1828 (?) and left unfinished. |
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| King Henri II on horseback, by François Clouet and Studio, circa 1540s. |
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| Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Lord Delamere, on His Hunter, study for The Cheshire Hunt at Tatton Park, by Henry Calvert, circa 1839. |
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| Equestrian Portrait of a Gentleman, by Barent Graat, circa 1660s. |
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| Hand-painted souvenir postcard from the Moulin Rouge, circa 1890s. |
What a grab bag! I love the blase capriole at the top. And ugh The Spirit of Kansas is so saccharine. I wonder what she's going to use that rod for? It's too big to tap the horse with. Maybe it's for laying out Missourians...
ReplyDeleteHaha - Missourians are a tough bunch! : )
DeleteAfter David's portrait of Napoleon crossing the Alps, equestrian portraits just seem...silly. But I do love that you threw in "The Nightmare", always a favorite.
ReplyDeleteSilly indeed! : )
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