A Mounted Officer

Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille, 1877

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A Mounted Officer, 1877. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 46.5 × 38.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: A Mounted Officer
Artist: Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (French, 1848–1912)
Date: 1877
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46.5 × 38.2 cm (19 1/4 × 15 in.)
Credit line: Henry Field Memorial Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1848–1912

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