Chevaux Tartare
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
image: 8 x 9 1/8 in. (20.3 x 23.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.382
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Art Historical Context
"Chevaux Tartare" is a finely detailed engraving by Charles Errard le fils, a seventeenth-century French artist known for his work in painting, architecture, and printmaking. The title, translating to “Tartar Horses,” to the subject of Central Asian horses, animals long admired in Europe for their strength and endurance. Rendered at just 8 by 9 1/8 inches, the print captures the animals with lively movement and careful attention to anatomy, reflecting the period’s growing interest in exotic subjects and natural history. Engravings like this one played an important role in sharing images acros...