Alfred de Dreux (1810-1860) French, Oil on Canvas Equestrian "Le Cocher Noir". Depicting a Black groom in a top hat and patterned poncho leading two chestnut horses—one saddled and the other wearing blinders—alongside an alert dog across an open field. Framed.

Condition: Original stretcher, appears untouched verso.

Overall Size: 28 x 33 1/2 in.
Sight Size: 22 3/4 x 28 in.

Alfred de Dreux (1810–1860) was a French painter celebrated for his elegant portraits of horses, riders, hunting scenes, and fashionable sporting life, becoming one of the leading equestrian artists of the Romantic era. Born in Paris as Pierre-Alfred Dedreux, he was introduced to art through his uncle, Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy, and studied with Léon Cogniet after receiving early influence from Théodore Géricault, whose fascination with horses profoundly shaped his career. De Dreux exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831 and achieved early acclaim for paintings of horses and stables, later receiving commissions for equestrian portraits of the Duke of Orléans, members of the French royal family, and Napoleon III. His extended stays in England exposed him to British sporting art and further developed his distinctive imagery of racehorses, riders, dogs, hunts, and aristocratic leisure. He was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1857 and died in Paris in 1860.

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