A watercolor of a prancing white horse with a man running on its far side under a blue sky.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A watercolor of a white horse with wild eyes and a flowing tail prancing to the right through an empty landscape. On the far side of the horse a man wearing a turban, red pantaloons and turquoise leggings runs closely by. In the distance a dark hill slopes down from the left of the drawing under a bright blue sky.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.362
People
Follower of Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)
Title
Arabian Gray Led by an Arab
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297842

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache on white wove paper; parts of the background have been varnished
Dimensions
22.5 x 31.4 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: vinaigre

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Duc d'Uzès (according to Dubaut records); Pierre Olivier Dubaut; Martin Birnbaum for Grenville L. Winthrop, 1932; bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.362
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Between the Empires: Géricault, Delacroix, Chassériau, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), p. 14
  • Klaus Berger, Géricault: Drawings and Watercolors, H. Bittner and Company (New York, 1946), no. 34, pl. 34
  • Lorenz Eitner, Géricault: His Life and Work, Orbis Publishing Ltd. (London, England, 1983), pp. 232, 352, n. 90
  • Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault: Etude critique, documents, et catalogue raisonné, Wildenstein Institute (Paris, France, 1987 -1997), vol. 7, no. 2640, repr., also p. 54 (as Géricault)
  • Frances S. Jowell, "Géricault's 'Arabian Grey': Questions of Authorship and Inspiration", Apollo (London, May 1993), 137, pp. 287-293, pl. 1
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 186, repr.
  • Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, NY, January 24, 2001), under no. 135

Exhibition History

  • Between the Empires: Géricault, Delacroix, Chasseriau--Painters of the Romantic Movement, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/30/1946 - 06/01/1946

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