The first figures in this locality are two horses, superimposed and facing the end of the gallery.
The lower horse is very detailed, with a neck, a tip of a nose, nostrils, lower lip and ears. The graphic conventions used for the tail, similar to the Black and Red Horse in the Panel of the Great Black Bull, suggest the same artist was responsible for both. The horse is crossed with a triangular shape and a line of dots, both red.
The upper horse consists of only the forequarters and the back. The head is reduced to ears and a very pronounced forehead, which is as unusual as the spindly, compact forelimbs. Another unusual feature is the fact that this animal was painted in three colours: yellow for the lower part, purplish-red for the neck and back, and a black line at the very top.
Both horses were created using the spray technique, starting with the colour yellow. A stencil was used to outline the hooves, the chest and part of the back. A brush was used for the tail and the tip of the nose of the yellow horse, and for the ears of the polychrome horse.
© Ministère de la Culture/Centre National de la Préhistoire/Norbert Aujoulat
© Ministère de la Culture/Centre National de la Préhistoire/Norbert Aujoulat
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