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
Print
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
Exhibition
Selections From The Permanent Collection (2010)
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.
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