A hunched figure on horseback holds a thin shaft as he makes his way through windy, snowy weather suggested by strokes of white, gray, and brown.
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Man with Lance Riding through the Snow

Adolphe Schreyer (German, 1828–1899)

c. 1880

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
17.2 × 23.5 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/4 in.); Framed: 33.4 × 40.7 × 7.7 cm (13 1/8 × 16 × 3 in.)
Culture
Germany
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line
Henry Field Memorial Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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