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Man at Arms

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NOTE: All Giclee prints on PAPER are printed and cut to exact size. If you would like extra paper around your print please let us know. We can add an extra 1/4" or 1/2" of paper on all sides upon request. This selection does not apply for the stretched canvas or framed products.

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Description

A man at arms stands in boots, a belt and a fitted jacket in Eugène Delacroix’s etching, his head turned from the body’s main direction. The faint setting gives his figure particular emphasis. Military identity becomes an encounter with a person’s bearing and clothing rather than a crowded battle, allowing one body to carry the image’s immediate interest.

Made in 1833, the etching gives the figure a concise material form in a printed medium. Delacroix allows a single subject to sustain looking rather than placing him within a crowded historical scene. Its appeal rests in the relation between individual presence and a recognizable role. A military identity provides context, while the figure can still be encountered as a particular body rather than merely an emblem of conflict.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Eugène Delacroix collection.