Who created "Kurd in military armor on horseback"?

Kurd in military armor on horseback was created by Aleksandr Orlovsky in 1819.

What medium is "Kurd in military armor on horseback"?

Kurd in military armor on horseback is Lithograph.

Is "Kurd in military armor on horseback" in the public domain?

Yes, Kurd in military armor on horseback is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Kurd in military armor on horseback

Aleksandr Orlovsky

1819

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

Sheet: 24 3/4 × 18 7/16 in. (62.8 × 46.9 cm) Image: 20 9/16 × 16 5/16 in. (52.2 × 41.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934

Accession Number

34.98.1

Art Historical Context

Step into the vivid world of early 19th-century lithography Aleksandr Orlovsky *Kurd in military on horseback* (1819). This print captures a fierce Kurdish warrior astride his steed, clad in ornate armor that evokes the rugged terrains of the Caucasus region. Orlov, a Polish-born Russian artist renowned for his dynamic battle scenes and caricatures, infused his work with the Romantic spirit of the era—celebrating heroism, exoticism, and the thrill of warfare amid Europe's post-Napoleonic fascination with distant cultures. Created as a lithograph, a revolutionary printing technique perfected a...

Kurd in military armor on horseback

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