The image shows two men and part of their bodies. The man on the left is walking, holding onto the bridle of a horse, with one hand resting on its back. The man on the right is seated on the horse. The man on the left has distinct facial features with a prominent nose and is wearing a tall, dark fur hat. The man on the right has a mustache and is wearing a hat that resembles a bonnet. Both men are dressed in military-style attire with heavy coats; the walker has a coat that includes shoulder epaulets, and the rider’s outfit is more sharply defined by his cloak draping over his figure. There…
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Retreat from Russia (Retour de Russie)

Théodore Gericault (French, 1791 - 1824)

1818

Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, 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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