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The Charging Chasseur, or An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guards Charging is an oil painting on canvas of about 1812 by the French painter Théodore Géricault, portraying a mounted Napoleonic cavalry officer who is ready to attack.

The Charging Chasseur
Artist	Théodore Géricault
Year	circa 1812
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	349 cm × 266 cm (137 in × 105 in)
Location	Musée du Louvre, Paris

The painting was Géricault's first exhibited work and it is an example of Géricault's attempt to condense both movement and structure in its art.[1] It represents French romanticism and has a motif similar to Jacques-Louis David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps, but non-classical characteristics of the picture include its dramatic diagonal arrangement and vigorous paint handling.

In The Charging Chasseur, the horse appears to be rearing away from an unseen attacker. The turning figure on a rearing horse is derived from the large early Rubens Saint George (Museo del Prado, 1605–07), though there the view is from the side.

Géricault would continue to move away from classicism, as exemplified in his later masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa (1818–19).

References

Sources

• Chu, Petra ten-Doesschate. Nineteenth Century European Art. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ: 2006.

На других языках

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- [en] The Charging Chasseur

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[es] Oficial de cazadores a la carga

Oficial de cazadores a caballo de la guardia imperial, a la carga (1812) es un cuadro del pintor romántico francés Théodore Géricault. Se trata de un óleo sobre lienzo.

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[fr] Officier de chasseurs à cheval de la garde impériale chargeant

Officier de chasseurs à cheval de la garde impériale chargeant est un portrait équestre peint par Théodore Géricault en 1812. Initialement intitulé lors de son envoi au Salon Portrait du lieutenant M.D., le tableau fait remarquer le peintre lors de son exposition au Salon de peinture de 1812.

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[ru] Офицер конных егерей императорской гвардии, идущий в атаку

«Офицер конных егерей императорской гвардии, идущий в атаку» (фр. Officier de chasseurs à cheval de la garde impériale chargeant) — конный портрет, написанный Теодором Жерико в 1812 году. Первоначальное название — Portrait du lieutenant M. D. («Портрет лейтенанта М. Д.») — под ним картина была выставлена в Парижском салоне 1812 года.

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