Harvard Art Museums > M14095: Lion Devouring a Horse Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lion Devouring a Horse (Théodore Géricault) , M14095,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/265775. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M14095 People Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris) Title Lion Devouring a Horse Other Titles Original Language Title: Lion dévorant un cheval Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1821 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/265775 Physical Descriptions Medium Lithograph on off-white wove paper Technique Lithograph Dimensions image: 21.2 × 31.5 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/8 in.) sheet: 23.4 × 35.8 cm (9 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower right, erased graphite: Gericault collector's mark: lower left, black ink: YB [in oval] [Lugt 421, mark of Alfred Beurdeley II] Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Alfred Beurdeley II, Paris]. [R.E. Lewis, San Francisco] sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1964 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State only state Standard Reference Number Delteil 26; Clément 44; Brugerolles E.41 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund and Alphaeus Hyatt Fund Accession Year 1964 Object Number M14095 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Printed from "stone" paper Publication History Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), p. 63 note 41 "Géricault's Staying Power", Index Magazine ([e-journal], August 13, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/gericault-s-staying-power, accessed August 15, 2018 Christina Taylor, "Géricault's 'Stone Paper'", Index Magazine, Harvard Art Museums ([e-journal], October 25, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/gericault-s-stone-paper, accessed January 31, 2019 Christina Taylor, Georgina Rayner, Christopher Wallace, and Katherine Eremin, "Géricault's Lion Devouring a Horse Stone Paper Matrix: Technical Study", Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Routledge / Taylor & Francis (2020), pp.1-14, p. 10, fig. 11, https://doi-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1080/01971360.2020.1726141 Christina Taylor, Georgina Rayner, Christopher Wallace, and Katherine Eremin, Géricault’s Lion Devouring a Horse Stone Paper Matrix: Technical Study, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, American Institute for Conservation (https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2020.1726141, 2020), 59, 2, Pages 97-110, Figure 11, Page 106 Exhibition History Romantic Prints: David to Courbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1980 - 04/30/1980 Mutiny: Works by Géricault, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019 Related Works M13687 Théodore Géricault Lion Devouring a Horse Prints 1960.98 Théodore Géricault Lithographic printing matrix for “Lion Devouring a Horse” Drawings 2018.107 Théodore Géricault Three Children Playing with a Donkey Prints 2018.106 Théodore Géricault The English Jockey Prints 2018.108 Théodore Géricault The Sleeping Fishmonger Prints 2021.152 Théodore Géricault Coach Horse Ridden by a Groom Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
