The Cavalry Charge
1889
Medium
Etching, with drypoint and plate tone, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 25.3 × 47 cm (10 × 18 9/16 in.); Primary support: 34.1 × 54.3 cm (13 7/16 × 21 7/16 in.); Plate: 35.9 × 56.6 cm (14 3/16 × 22 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 50.1 × 75 cm (19 3/4 × 29 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
193311
About the Artist
Giovanni Fattori
Giovanni Fattori (1825–1908) was born in Livorno and showed such aptitude for drawing that his family redirected him from a planned commercial education to an artistic apprenticeship under the local painter Giuseppe Baldini. In 1846 he moved to Florence, where he studied under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. His early work followed the conventions of historical and religio...