The Charging Chasseur

The Charging Chasseur
ArtistThéodore Géricault
Yearcirca 1812
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions349 cm × 266 cm (137 in × 105 in)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

The Charging Chasseur, or An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guards Charging, is an oil painting on canvas executed ca. 1812 by the French painter Théodore Géricault, portraying a mounted Napoleonic cavalry officer who is ready to attack. It is now displayed in the Louvre, in Paris (Room 700, Denon wing, Level 1).