Cheval d' Hanovre (from the series Etudes de Chevaux)

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Cheval d' Hanovre (from the series "Etudes de Chevaux")

Entry/Object ID

1992.20.15

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, ink

Acquisition

Accession

1992.20

Source or Donor

William A. McGill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of William A. McGill

Made/Created

Artist

Jean Louis André Theodore Gericault

Date made

1822

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Lithograph

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Planographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

16 x 20

Height

7-1/16 in

Width

9-3/16 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

"Although best known for painting The Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault is also recognized as one of the first artists to explore the new medium of lithography which was patented by Alois Senefelder in 1799. With a flair for action and bravura, his lithographs most often featured horses and cavalrymen. This particular lithograph is from a series of twelve horse studies, Etudes de Chevaux, published in 1822, printed by Gottfried Engelmann. One admirer of the lithographs was Eugéne Delacroix who found inspiration and began making his own lithographs soon after. Gericault's reputation as a trailblazer for the Romantic movement was only heightened by his early death. His immense influence is all the more remarkable when one considers that he suffered from tuberculosis through his twenties and died when only 32. "