Six Circus Horses with Riders
1905
Medium
pen and black ink on wove paper; laid down on cardboard
Dimensions
Overall: 24.7 x 32.7 cm (9 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.) support: 25.5 x 33.5 cm (10 1/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1990.49.2
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...