Drop N°01 · Pièce II of III
Le Duel
A Hussar's Charge
French Romantic school · 19th century
Two men, two horses, one heartbeat. A French hussar in scarlet shako bears down on a dismounted dragoon who refuses to drop his pistol. The painter holds the moment a single second before history is written — the cavalry duel as the European 19th century knew it: fast, personal, lethal.
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About this work
The 19th century romanticised the cavalry duel like no other military scene — Géricault, Meissonier, Detaille painted them obsessively. Two riders, two horses, frozen mid-charge across an open plain. The hussar's scarlet pelisse against the dragoon's dark blue is the entire iconography of the French line at war. This composition reads directly in that lineage.
About the print
Museum-grade giclée poster on heavy 200 gsm matte, uncoated fine-art paper — a velvety, glare-free surface with deep blacks and true colour. Archival pigment inks rated for 100+ years of fade resistance. Shipped flat-rolled in a protective tube. Frame not included. Each piece is numbered before it ships.
Shipping & returns
Every poster is printed for your order — nothing here is pulled from a shelf. Allow 2–3 weeks from order to your door, anywhere in the U.S., free with tracking. Posters ship rolled in a sturdy tube and may be returned within 14 days. And if yours ever arrives damaged, we replace it — a photo within 14 days is all we need.
Drop N°01
Complete the wall
The three works were released together. Collectors hang them together.
One click. Three works. As they were meant to hang.