A Cavalryman

A Cavalryman is a 19th-century painting by French artist Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a French cavalryman on a yellow field. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A Cavalryman
ArtistAlphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville
Year1884
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions46 cm × 38.1 cm (18 in × 15.0 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Description

Cavalryman depicts a French dragoon of the Second French Empire. Dragoons were mounted infantry capable of riding into on an engagement on horses before dismounting to engage enemy forces on foot; this important role, coupled with the cost of horses, resulted in dragoons being known as elite-but-expensive troops.[1] Dragoons became a subject of various works of military art, including the works of Ernest Meissonier, whose style De Neuville directly emulated in A Cavalryman.[2][3] The painting itself was produced after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War resulted an upsurge of interest in the military in the French Third Republic. As noted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, De Neuville "capitalized on the intense patriotism and dreams of military glory that the French defeat aroused" with his work.[2]

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References
  1. me. "Napoleon's Cavalry (Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Lancers, Chasseurs, Hussars)". www.napolun.com. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  2. "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  3. "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
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