Théodore Géricault
Cheval que l'on ferre (Horse Being Shod)

Cheval que l'on ferre (Horse Being Shod)

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Cheval que l'on ferre (Horse Being Shod)
ArtistFrench, 1791–1824
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Cheval que l'on ferre (Horse Being Shod)
Date1823
PlaceFrance
MediumLithograph on wove paper, state II/III
DimensionsImage: 5 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (13.7 x 16.8 cm)
 Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (26.7 × 34.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 1991"
Object number91.1565
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenancePrince Soutzo, Greece; possibly [Drouot, Rive Gauche, Paris, April 27, 1976, no. 56]; private collection, New York, 1976-by 1991; [Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, by 1991]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Masterworks of Lithography", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 12—May 8, 2005.

"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Gericault del" in lower left border; " Lith de Villain" in lower right border; "Che...Gihaut ...ard u des Italiens" in lower center bord.er
Verso: Stamp in ink, lower right: [crown with shield, possibly]
Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 72 (II/III); Clement 73

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