Hussars

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man on a horse, both in profile, facing the left. The man is seated upright on the horse, appearing to sit on a tan saddle. He appears to have pale skin, a black mustache, and gray hair under a black-and-red hat, and he is dressed in a blue uniform with red accents. He carries a long wooden pole or lance on his right side that extends up his back and is taller than his head. In the background on the left, there is another horse and rider who appears to be wearing the same uniform. The backdrop features a cloudy blue sky, and the ground is also blue with a strip of brown and dark green below the central horse. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and visible.”