The Horseman and the Beggar (Le Cavalier et le mendiant)

Louis Anquetin

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts bold, fluid black lines creating an abstract composition of figures. There is a central shape suggesting a horse with a cloaked rider, next to another figure wrapped in a similar dark mass. The scene evokes a classic narrative with a sense of movement and interaction between the figures, set against a backdrop resembling a dramatic sky or landscape.