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Two Horses Exercised by a Jockey

Two Horses Exercised by a Jockey by Théodore Gericault

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

Sheet: 16 3/4 × 22 1/2 in. (42.5 × 57.2 cm) Image: 12 13/16 × 15 3/16 in. (32.5 × 38.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number

20.17.14

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

HorsesJockeys

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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