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Portrait of a Stallion Northern India (Rajasthan, Ajmer area), mid 19th century Opaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper Overall: 11 1/8 x 8 in. (28.3 x 20.3 cm) Brooklyn Museum Collection, 38.17
Some participants were asked to respond to this painting. Here are their responses:
Enter the first word that comes to mind:
- abstract
- adorned
- battle
- beach
- beautiful
- black
- boring
- bright
- color
- colorful
- confident
- contrast
- decoration
- decorative
- depth
- detailed
- dramatic
- dream
- elegant
- fancy
- flat
- frightening
- fringe
- funky
- genitals
- grand
- grate
- hate to think graphic images are working better
- horse
- horsey
- majestic
- noble
- performance
- pony
- pony!
- poster
- power
- powerful
- prance
- pretty
- pride
- prized
- proportion
- proud
- regal
- rider?
- royal
- royalty
- saddle
- sand
- scenery
- stallion
- stately
- stature
- striking
- stripes
- strong
- subtle
- tassles
- tight
- trotting horse
- unicorn
- use of color
- war
- water
- yellow
- yes
Enter a word that describes the subject or mood of this painting:
- adorned horse
- adventurous
- arabian horse
- balance
- beautiful horse
- beauty
- boring
- calm
- charmin
- class
- colorful
- composition
- contrast
- dancing horse
- dark
- decorative
- detailed
- divine
- drama
- dynamic
- elegant
- equine
- exquisite
- fancy
- flat
- fun
- glowing
- good
- graceful
- graphic
- heroic
- historic
- horse
- horse decoration
- hung
- light
- magisterial
- majestic
- military
- nice
- noble
- pageantry
- parade pony
- patriot
- poised
- portrait
- potent
- power
- power and status
- powerful
- powerful, majestic, charming...
- prancing
- prancing horse
- pride
- proud
- proudness
- regal
- regal horse
- royal
- sassy
- sea
- showcase
- showy
- simple
- solitude!
- spiffy
- splendid
- staged
- stallion
- stately
- statuesque
- stoic
- strength
- strideful
- strong
- trappings
- vibrant
- yellow
What is the dominant color in this painting?
- beige
- black
- gold
- mustard
- ochre
- pink
- yello
- yello gold
- yellow
- yellow green
- 2
About how many figures are depicted in this painting?
- 1 horse
- I'm on a horse
- one
- two
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 18
In one sentence, describe this scene:
- A decorated horse on the shore.
- A horse has escaped and is trotting by the ocean
- Impressive
- A portrait of a horse owned by someone of importance.
- An elegant looking horse in a painting lacking severe perspective
- Black stallion!
- Gallopping horse
- Horse with decorative livery
- It looks like a detailed visual "description" of a powerful horse for a King or military ruler.
- Horse on beach.
- This is a gallant horse gaily festooned and hungry for battle.
- Decorated horse on the beach
- A richly garbed horse with a tasseled mane trots above the grass.
- A horse fully saddled and bridled, with ribbons in its hair.
- Nice
- A regal horse saddled and ready to ride.
- This is a horse that must belong to someone of importance.
- This is an image of a well bred horse, possible a horse used in battle - it is beautifully decorated.
- A richly outfitted marbled horse stands in the foreground against brilliant yellow sands.
- A fully-attired horse waits for a rider
- This is a portrait of an Asian war horse.
- Proud decorated horse.
- Boastful pride.
- A black and white horse in fine regalia on a beach, ocean in the background.
- The portrait of a favorite horse of a royal/noble owner
- Big balls
- Warrior horse.
- One amazing horse walks around on the beach, very happy to have lost his rider a ways back.
- A horse dressed in regalia.
- A fine charger, bedecked for war, is portrayed in full canter.
- Black and white horse is trapped in yellow square.
- Horse by the sea
- A horse in decorative riding gear trots along a beach.
- Awesome horse.
- A decorated horse on the beach
- Bright, detailed and beautiful
- A profile portrait of a favorite steed
- A beautiful portrait of a highly decorated and apparently much loved horse.
- A war horse ready for battle
- A royal horse.
- Solitude
- What is the meaning of a riderless horse painted against a background of sand near the seaside?
- Prized stallion dressed for parade or battle.
- A black stallion, richly decorated, poses on a beach.
- The horse's rider has drowned.
- The royal ride.
- A beautiful horse
- A wonderfully decorative rendering of a horse that has been lovingly dressed out by its owner and at the same time, the majesty of the horse is preserved by not showing the humans.
- Decorated horse
- A horse on the beach
- Great pictures of horse....love the repeat of motif,etc. favorite of what I've seen so far!
- Portrait of a horse of a rich person.
- A horse stands by the sea, revealing his luxurious trappings.
- Military horse without a rider on the beach.
- This is a highly decorated horse in an ambiguous background.
- The King's horse
- Triumphant horse.
- Saddled horse
- A proud and vain, galloping horse.
- A profile of an embellished horse on gold background galloping.
- Large horse, sandy earth, decorated mane, sea in the background.
- Battle horse.
- Image of a horse, possibly to show a typical style of ornamental saddle etc of the time.
- Horse ready for battle
- Elaborately caparisoned stallion in a plain landscape
- Beautiful horse
- A horse in full finery.
- Beach horse
- With the almost non-existent background I have to assume there is something special about the horse or the way the horse is attired.
- A beautiful steed awaits the parade
- Horse walking on the beach with elegant attire
- Stately horse
- The horse color
- Poser horse :D
- A beautiful riderless black and white (piebald) horse on the sea shore prances as if showing off its beautiful bridal and saddle
- A horse on a beach.
- A fancy horse on display.
- Hjjkh
- Damn fine horse (and he knows it!)
- Gorgeous horse
- The beautiful horse of a high ranking person
- Magnificent horseon full of life
- A beautiful horse .. fit for a king
- Horse ready for a pagent
- Fancy arabian breed stallion, expensively caparisioned, with on the beach or on the waterfront
- There is a decorated horse with a yellow background
- A view of a decorated, colorful horse at a beach with sand underfoot and water in the distance
- A smart stallion with rich caparison trots, sans rider.
- Horse on a beach
- Horse
- Horse on plain background
- Colourful
- THE piebald horse
- Horse without rider.
- Here is a detailed painting of a fancy horse.
- Horse decked for parade
- Black and white horse with elaborate saddle and reins.
- A fine stallion and a field of yellow.
- Is this a black horse with white or a white horse with black?
- A horse awaits a rider on the beach.
- A horse on the shore.
- Riderless horse. All dressed up with nowhere to go? By the sea.
- Pretty Horse.
- Pretty pony standing proud.
- Depiction of a war horse in his regalia.
- Horses on a beach
- The horse gazes out to sea, knowing more than we think.
- The horse in this picture is decorated with colored tassels and a fancy saddle, indicating the wealth of the owner.
- The empty range of a male horse ready for a gallop adorned in full atire.
- This is a horse dressed regally on the beach.
- Raja's horse
- An ornate horse prances across the sand
- A ceremonial stallion with fancy saddle and tassled mane canters against a mustard background; above him, a wavy blue sky.
- Clean
- Horse is trying to run
- Powerful colours
- Relativly dull, not much happening at all
- Verry good
- Wonderful color
- A very fine horse outfitted for a ceremonial function. Maybe the steed of a famous fallen warrior.
- Horse
- A black and white horse with an ornate saddle and headgear is prancing along a road.
- Painted horse
- A horse in front of a body of water with a saddle, festooned with tassels on its back
- Gaily caparisoned stallion, very proud of itself
- Even in India they like male pinto horses.
- a real stallion
- Horse walking on a beach
- Majestic
- A riderless horse by the sea [or a river]
- A cartooned horse, possible symbolizing masculinity with an simple background
- Beaultiful
- Horse with yellow background
- The horse awaits his rider.
- This is a black and white horse wearing riding gear and prancing on a beach.
- Gallant Horse traveling through space and time.
- Intriguing use of perspective
- The horse is traveling without a human rider.
- Dressage
- A black and white horse trots while wearing regalia.
- Beautiful and proud
- A palace horse dressed for a special event.
- A decorated horse walks on the sand.
- Carrying an almost medieval-esque style, the painting is simple in that it only depicts a horse, but beautiful nonetheless.
- A prince's horse?
- Horse on a yellow background
- Royalty
- Errr a horse with blue genitals?....
- The royal horse has lost his rider.
- Riderless horse by the water.
- Pomp and circumstance...equine style.
- A horse prances princely.
- A horse prances in full regalia.
- An emperor's stallion seen at the seaside.
- This painting is a celebration of a prized stallion, depicted in a highly ornamental and grandly, stylized manner.
- A beatiful stallion waits for his master.
- A decorated horse perhaps the owner is royalty
- Well balanced
- Painted horse
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