Who created "Head and Hindquarters of a Racing Horse"?

Head and Hindquarters of a Racing Horse was created by Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault in n.d..

What medium is "Head and Hindquarters of a Racing Horse"?

Head and Hindquarters of a Racing Horse is Graphite on ivory laid paper.

Head and Hindquarters of a Racing Horse

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

n.d.

Medium

Graphite on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

17.4 × 13.6 cm (6 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Classification

graphite

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

75032

About the Artist

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault · 1791–1824

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) was born into a prosperous bourgeois family in Rouen, France, the son of a lawyer who managed the family tobacco business. After moving to Paris around 1797, his artistic talent emerged early, nurtured in a circle that included his maternal uncle Jean-Baptiste Caruel and art dealer Jean-Louis Laneuville. Géricault began formal training in 1808 under ...

Head and Hindquarters of a Racing Horse

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