Jean-Marie Chauvet © DRAC
Hillaire Chamber
Panel of the Horses
This fresco covers more than 6 meter squares and is part of a much larger composition that is approximately 7 meters long. The wall was prepared by scraping its surface, which obliterated some initial drawings. Several images were then successively created: a shaded aurochs walking to the left, a shaded rhinoceros, two line-drawings of facing rhinoceroses (radiocarbon dated to 31,000 BP), and the four horse heads. Below, a small bison completes the ensemble.
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