The image depicts bold, fluid black lines creating an abstract composition of figures. There is a central shape suggesting a horse with a cloaked rider, next to another figure wrapped in a similar dark mass. The scene evokes a classic narrative with a sense of movement and interaction between the figures, set against a backdrop resembling a dramatic sky or landscape.
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The Horseman and the Beggar (Le Cavalier et le mendiant)

Louis Anquetin (French, 1861 - 1932)

1893

Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet: 41.8 × 57 cm (16 7/16 × 22 7/16 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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