Who created "Turkish Cavalier in Combat"?

Turkish Cavalier in Combat was created by Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault in c. 1818.

When was "Turkish Cavalier in Combat" created?

This artwork was created c. 1818.

Turkish Cavalier in Combat

Q: What medium is "Turkish Cavalier in Combat"?

Turkish Cavalier in Combat is Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache over black chalk, with blue wash on brown laid paper.

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

c. 1818

Medium

Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache over black chalk, with blue wash on brown laid paper

Dimensions

28 × 22 cm (11 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

Classification

wash

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

129844

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 ...

Turkish Cavalier in Combat

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