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Five Equestrian Studies: Cavalrymen

Auguste Raffet

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a sketch of five equestrian studies. The sketches are drawn on light-brown paper and feature a cavalryman and horse in various positions. Top left: a soldier wearing a tall hat and holding a long spear sits on a horse that faces right. Top right: a large horse faces left; a standing cavalryman faces right. Bottom left: a soldier wearing a tall hat sits on a horse that faces left. Bottom center: a soldier wearing a hat sits on a horse that faces right. Bottom right: a soldier wearing a hat sits on a horse with its head down and facing right. The sketches are done in shades of brown and black; the artist's signature is in the bottom-right corner.

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1150 × 893 px
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