This vertical, rectangular, oil and bitumen painting on shows a mustachioed crusader, a fighter of the medieval crusades, in the center of the canvas. The painting has significant cracks in the paint, making it sometimes difficult to determine the figures and scene. The figure appears to be sitting on a wall or other barricade and is slightly reclining to our right, and his skin is lightly tan. His left arm is stretched out and draped over the neck of what appears to be a white animal, also to our right. The crusader is wearing armor on his arms and hands, legs and feet, and a reddish tunic and cap. He looks out in the distance to our left. In the background, white clouds and blue sky are visible. A pole wrapped in white appears to our left of the crusader. Spidery red fabric appears over the pole and drapes down from the upper corner to our right. Bitumen, an asphalt-like substance, is clumped on the rock wall, creating color and texture, such as between the crusader and the animal. The painting is signed Delacroix in the lower left of the card.