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Eugène Delacroix

Study of a Horse

c. 1825–30
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

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Although Eugène Delacroix created a realistic representation of a horse in this drawing, the animals sometimes served as symbols for the conflict between man and nature in his work.

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