Boy Feeding a Cart Horse from a Nose Bag
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 22 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (57.8 x 42.5 cm) plate: 16 7/16 x 13 1/16 in. (41.7 x 33.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.17.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the heart of French Romanticism, Théodoreéricault captures a tender moment of everyday life in *Boy Feeding a Cart Horse a Nose Bag* (1822), a lithograph from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints collection.éricault, famed for his dramatic history paintings like *The Raft the Medusa* (9), turned his keen eye to horses and human-animal bonds throughout his career. This print, measuring about 16 x 13 inches on the plate, reflects his fascination with equine anatomy and motion, drawn from direct observation at Paris stables and racetracks. Lithography, a revolutionary medium Gér...
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault · 1791–1824
Théodore Géricault, born Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault on September 26, 1791, in Rouen, France, into a prosperous family—his father a lawyer turned tobacco merchant and his mother from a line of growers—moved to Paris around 1797. Displaying early artistic promise, recognized by painter Jean-Louis Laneuville, he began formal training in 1808 under Carle Vernet, mastering English sporting art...