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Inspection of a Cavalry Regiment
Also titled Inspectie van een regiment cavalerie
Cornelis Troost (Amsterdam, 1696–1750)
1742
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 47.5 cm x width 66 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
The proudly erect drummer leads the troops out while beating the marching pace on his drums. For Paulus the position of timpanist was a promotion compared to his previous employ as a servant. Yet in this painting the Black man is still depicted with a silver collar around his neck, even in this more prominent function.
