Study for The Battle of Waterloo
Details
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- Medium
- zwart krijt
- Dimensions
- height 299 mm x width 483 mm
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Conflict Both · 99%
The title identifies the Battle of Waterloo, and the image visibly depicts armed soldiers, artillery, horses, and casualties in combat.
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War and Military Both · 99%
Uniformed or helmeted soldiers, weapons, a cannon, mounted action, and fallen figures are clearly visible; the catalog title identifies a battle.
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Equestrian Visual · 98%
Horses are prominent in the composition, including a large rearing or falling horse in the upper-right and another horse among the central figures.
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Movement Visual · 96%
Rearing and falling horses, extended limbs, raised weapons, and intersecting diagonal gestures create a pronounced sense of physical motion.
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Implied Narrative Both · 93%
The title names a specific historical event, while the depicted interactions among soldiers, artillery, horses, and fallen figures form an eventful scene rather than a static arrangement.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 91%
The principal group contains numerous overlapping figures, horses, weapons, and artillery, producing concentrated areas of visual activity despite the open lower-right portion of the sheet.
Medium and Techniques
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Drawing Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a drawing, and the image visibly consists of black-chalk lines and shading on a sheet.
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Work on Paper Visual · 97%
The image shows marks made on a distinct sheet of paper; the Rijksmuseum classifies the object as a drawing and records its medium as black chalk.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated circa 1824, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Materials
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Chalk Metadata · 99%
The catalogued medium is “zwart krijt,” meaning black chalk.
Source & rights
Jan Willem Pieneman. Study for The Battle of Waterloo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.