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| Keywords: On Reconnaissance, Józef Brandt, 1876.jpg Brandt a painter of military campaigns and eastern European trail scenes in which horses serve as a recurring motif distinguished himself as the leader of the Munich school of Polish painters an informal band of realists of Polish origin active in Munich in the 1870s In search of exotic subjects he frequently traveled eastward visiting Ukraine and the European parts of Turkey A consummate painter of horses Brandt shows a procession of Tartar horseman proceeding across a grassy plain dotted with colorful wildflowers The figure on a dapple horse in the central foreground startled by something in the rushes at the right halts brandishes his rifle and raises his hand to caution his companion In the background the rest of the group rides across the hill toward the two figures in the foreground The horsemen wear bright red pants boots and turbans with feathers; the turban of the man on the dapple horse is a particularly brilliant saffron Along with the rifles they carry each has additional weapons around their waists including bows and axes The reins and saddles of the horses are embellished by beads and decorative metalwork 1876 oil on canvas cm 47 6 113 7 ; framed cm 68 6 132 1 10 8 accession number 37 2569 36187 Mr and Mrs L Whiting Farinholt Gibson Island Maryland Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs L Whiting Farinholt 1980 Josef Brandt 1876 at lower left The Orientalists The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987-1988 place of origin France PD-old-auto 1915 Józef Brandt Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Red trousers | ||||
