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Collision of Moorish Horsemen 1844

by Eugène Delacroix

Oil on canvas, H: 32 x W: 39 in. (81.3 x 99.1 cm) [br] Description: Delacroix described the spectacular and violent military pageantry at the court of Sultan Abd-er-Rahmen of Morocco (1778-1859), which he witnessed while accompanying Count Charles de Mornay on a diplomatic expedition on behalf of King Louis Philippe of France in 1832: "During their military exercises, wh...

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