Watering Trough, Title Page of "Studies of Horses" (Etudes de Chevaux)

Watering Trough, Title Page of "Studies of Horses" (Etudes de Chevaux) by Théodore Gericault

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 22 5/16 x 16 1/8 in. (56.7 x 40.9 cm) plate: 13 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (34.1 x 28.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number

20.17.4

Tags

HorsesLeavesHuman Figures

About the Artist

Théodore Gericault · 17911824

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...

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