Studies for "Cheval Devoré," "Mazeppa," and "Les Boueux", c. 1823

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Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a leader of the Romantic Movement in art. The sublime power of large animals such as lions and horses spurred his imagination. This drawing is closely related to three prints that he published in 1823. An ongoing matter of research is whether this sheet is by Gericault or a copy based on his works. Whatever the case, the sheet distills equine power to three states: the harnessed labor of the draft horse, the wild freedom of a horse bearing a bound man, and the horse overpowered and killed by the king of beasts.

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Title
Studies for "Cheval Devoré," "Mazeppa," and "Les Boueux"
Artist Life
1791 - 1824
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.130.4
Provenance
Friends Sale Exhibition; Rosalynd Pflaum, Wayzata, MN, 1969-2014; by descent to her sons Peter and Stephen
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