Three Arab Horsemen at an Encampment
Eugène Delacroix
1832–37 · Watercolor over graphite · Drawings and Prints
Delacroix produced this watercolor based on his sketches, notes, and memories of a ten-day journey between Tangier and Meknès. The blue hills in the background evoke his description of the mountainous landscape as "violet in the morning and evening, blue during the day." He shows just three of the multitude of horsemen that accompanied the diplomatic envoy; two are seated at rest, while the central mounted figure adopts a posture reminiscent of Delacroix’s depictions of Sultan Abd er-Rahman.
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix
- Date
- 1832–37
- Medium
- Watercolor over graphite
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Alan Salz, 2015
