Théodore Géricault

Though this fine and highly characteristic example of Géricault's draughtsmanship remains unpublished, it has previously been dated by Professor Lorenz Eitner to circa 1818-20.¹ Eitner compares the present work to a sheet in the Art Institute of Chicago in which the horse is similarly shown, sharply turning its neck.² A further sheet, also in Chicago, provides a strong stylistic comparison to our drawing, with the hatching and general delineation of form highly comparable.³

^1. see Provenance

2. G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault: étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, Paris 1992, vol. V, p. 215, no. 1659, reproduced

3. Ibid., p. 184, no. 1574, p. 185, reproduced