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The Yellow Riders
The elite ‘Yellow Riders’ (a mounted artillery corps) gallops down the dunes at breakneck speed. Breitner took full advantage of their black-and-red busbies and the gold braid on their uniforms. The repetition of these colour accents reinforces the dynamism of the movement. The sand kicked up by the horses at front clouds the view of the horsemen behind. All that remains are the accents of black, …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/45B
- http://iconclass.org/46C131
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/45B
- http://iconclass.org/46C131
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1885 - 1886
- 1885/1886
- 1885/1886
Place-Time
- fourth quarter 19th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6239
- SK-A-1328
Extent
- height 115 cm
- width 77.5 cm
- depth 13.5 cm
- weight 31.5 kg
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:13:30.588Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:17.720Z