Collision of Moorish Horsemen

Célestin Nanteuil|Eugène Delacroix

1834 · Etching; only state · Drawings and Prints

Delacroix's etching and his painting of this subject (which was rejected for the Salon of 1834) are based on an incident the artist witnessed near Tangier in 1832 and described as follows: "During [the Arabs'] military exercises, which consist of riding their horses at full speed and stopping them suddenly after firing a shot, it often happens that the horses carry away their riders and fight each other when they collide."

Artist

Célestin Nanteuil|Eugène Delacroix

Date

1834

Medium

Etching; only state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936