Arab Warrior

Horace Vernet

ca. 1817–22 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

The circumstances surrounding the execution of this study are obscure. Yet the existence of a cognate image by the artist Achille-Etna Michallon (1796–1822), which was acquired at the latter’s estate sale by another contemporary, Léon Cogniet (1794–1880), testifies to the avid interest in Arab dress among young artists of the Romantic generation. The painting by Michallon is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans.

Artist

Horace Vernet

Date

ca. 1817–22

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2017