Young Woman on Galloping Horse
Medium
Graphite on pink tinted laid paper, tipped onto tan wove paper
Dimensions
5.2 × 6.7 cm (2 1/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3193
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings collection, *Young Woman on Galloping* is a delicate graphite drawing by Johann August Rossmassler, a 19th-century German artist for his lively sketches and lithographs. Created on pink-tinted laid paper and later tipped onto tan w paper for preservation, this undated work measures just 5.2 × 6.7 cm—small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Its intimate scale invites close viewing, revealing the artist's deft hand in capturing motion and energy. The subject—a young woman riding at full gallop—evokes the Romantic era's fascination w...