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Combat for the Colors

Édouard Detaille

Cleveland Museum of Art

Oil painting of two horsemen on brown horses rearing up on their hind legs. The horseman on the left wears red and black. He holds a sword and a flag in his right hand. The horseman on the right wears white and black. He holds a long lance in both hands. Both are wearing helmets with tall black plumes. There are other horsemen in the background. The sky is blue with white clouds. The ground is brown. Three hats lie on the ground in the foreground. The painting is signed in the bottom-left corner.

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613 × 893 px
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