A sketch of man leading a horse
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A sketch of the profile of a horse's head, neck and shoulders turned to the right. The head and some of the neck are colored black and brown. The horse's eye is wild and his mouth is ajar. It is wearing a bridle and face shield adorned with a curling feather. On the right a man with a drooping mustache looks closely at the horse. His right hand seems to be resting on the back of the horse's neck. The man is wearing a hat with a brim and a loose tunic. Only his upper body is rendered.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.30
People
Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)
Title
An Oriental Holding a Horse
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Mameluke Holding a Horse
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1820-1823
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298108

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
20.7 x 26.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.30
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault: Etude critique, documents, et catalogue raisonné, Wildenstein Institute (Paris, France, 1987 -1997), vol. 7, no. 2651, repr., also p. 55 (as "unidentified artist")
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 184, repr.

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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