Ecorché: Relief of a Horse (Josephine)
Thomas Eakins
c. 1882
Medium
painted plaster
Dimensions
overall: 55.3 x 63.5 x 10 cm (21 3/4 x 25 x 3 15/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, in honor of John Wilmerding
Accession Number
2004.145.1
About the Artist
Thomas Eakins · 1844–1916
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...