The Horse of Mecklembourg
Medium
Lithograph; second state of four
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 1/8 in. (25.8 x 33.3 cm) plate: 7 5/8 x 9 5/16 in. (19.3 x 23.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958
Accession Number
58.580.7
Tags
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault|Godefroy Engelmann · 1791–1824
Théodore Géricault, born Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault on September 26, 1791, in Rouen, France, into a prosperous family—his father a lawyer turned tobacco merchant and his mother from a line of growers—moved to Paris around 1797. Displaying early artistic promise, recognized by painter Jean-Louis Laneuville, he began formal training in 1808 under Carle Vernet, mastering English sporting art...