Cheval de la plaine de Caen
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 19 x 22.7 cm (7 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 28 x 35.7 cm (11 x 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of David E. Rust
Accession Number
1998.118.10
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...