Cheval de charrette sorti des Limons

Cheval de charrette sorti des Limons by Théodore Gericault

Medium

lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 25.5 x 33.5 cm (10 1/16 x 13 3/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Jacob Kainen

Accession Number

2002.98.24

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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