Red Horseman from Vasilisa the Beautiful (1899) Painting by Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942) of a Russian folk hero Source: Wikipedia The painting shows the Red Horseman, a soldier carrying a flaming sword and riding a chestnut horse through a forest of beech and elm trees. The horseman carries a long oval red sheild with a sunburst that has eyes and mouth above three chevrons. The soldier has the same sunburst face on his chest. He wears red gloves and a brown cloak. Red laced boots cover his feet to the knee. On his head, he wears a red helmet with ear flaps.