Studying a horse at a gallop (Sketch of Witold's horse)

Jan Matejko's project for the Battle of Grunwald is an oil sketch. The next creative stage after drawing, when color is added to the line. The sketch shows a horse rushing straight ahead. This is the horse of the Grand Duke of Lithuania - Witold. In the finished painting, Witold is one of the most important figures, but in the sketch the horse prevails. His disheveled mane and absent eyes increase the expression. It is a capture of a moment that Impressionists would not be ashamed of.