The Charging Chasseur | |
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Artist | Théodore Géricault |
Year | circa 1812 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 349 cm × 266 cm (137 in × 105 in) |
Location | Musée 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).