Combat for the Colors

Colors in this work

Artist: Édouard Detaille (French, 1848–1912)
Date: 1874
Medium: oil on wood panel
Dimensions: framed: height 0.372 m, width 0.27 m, depth 0.026 m; unframed: height 0.325 m, width 0.226 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Sage Plaster · Green family · #97A780 · 34%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #9E7637 · 14%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8C642D · 14%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #B8BA8C · 11%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #31261B · 10%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6F5027 · 7%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B28946 · 6%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B6842A · 1%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #25261F · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A86F3C · <1%

Celadon Body · Green family · #80A291 · <1%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #AD9B53 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D2CA94 · <1%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #201D21 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #252E29 · <1%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #642616 · <1%

Weathered Brick · Orange family · #9C543B · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #969D91 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

10 tags

War and Military Both · 99%

The title identifies a combat involving military colors, and the image visibly depicts uniformed mounted soldiers engaged with weapons around a standard.
Conflict Both · 98%

The title names a combat, while the central figures visibly grapple and cross weapons in an active confrontation.
Equestrian Visual · 99%

Two prominent soldiers are mounted on horses, and several additional mounted figures appear in the background.
Movement Visual · 97%

The rearing and striding horses, raised weapons, flying plumes, and sweeping standard create a strong impression of physical action.
Haze Visual · 94%

Dust and atmospheric haze soften the distant combatants and battlefield, especially around the edges and background of the composition.

Dynamism Visual · 95%

Strong diagonals from swords, lances, horse bodies, and the standard organize the composition around a forceful sense of directional action.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum catalog records the medium as oil on wood panel.
Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifically identifies the support as a wood panel used for an oil painting.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1874 and identified as originating in France in the 19th century.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as France and the artist as French.

Édouard Detaille (French, 1848–1912). Combat for the Colors. Cleveland Museum of Art.