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Man on a Horse
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About this work
Nadar attempted a few such portraits in the 1860s including this one showing a gentleman astride his mount. The genre of equestrian portraiture dates back to classical Greek and Roman antiquity, when it was used to depict rulers and suggest power and status.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMan on a Horse, c. 1860s. Nadar (French, 1820–1910). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 17 x 22.3 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hershkowitz and Charles Isaacs, 1996.336
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