A French Farrier, 1821
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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966expand_more P.13,796
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Théodore Géricault made countless drawings, paintings, watercolors, and prints of horses. This image of a farrier at work shoeing horses belongs to a series of lithographs of everyday life. They illustrate the intimate relationship between man and beast—in which human dominance is not a given.
Details
- Title
- A French Farrier
- Artist Life
- 1791 - 1824
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.13,796
- Provenance
- (Marcel Lecomte, Paris); sold to MIA, 1966.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Delteil 41 II/II; Beraldi 33; Rouen, Géricault Complete Prints Exh. 33 II/II
- Curator Approved
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