Sentry

George Hendrik Breitner (1857 - 1923), 1880

oil on canvas, 57.5 cm x 36.5 cm
The Mesdag Collection, The Hague

As a young artist Breitner was fascinated by the military exercises held in the dunes outside The Hague. He sketched the mounted artillery in action, and also made more static studies of horsemen and their steeds, like this work. The artist clearly had a gift for painting horses. Mesdag asked him to portray the animals in his Panorama, a year later, in 1881.

Object number

hwm0055

Credits

The Mesdag Collection, The Hague

Dimensions

57.5cm x 36.5cm, 92cm x 71cm, 13cm