1822
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Cheveaux des Ardennes is a 1822 ink by Théodore Géricault, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This work shows four horses standing in a loose line on rocky ground. The one in front is a dark brown horse with a white blaze. The others are lighter shades, all facing slightly different ways. This print is a lithograph by Gericault, made in 1822. Lithography uses greasy ink on stone, letting artists draw directly with crayon. Gericault used this method to capture the horses’ muscles and energy quickly. Look up lithography to see how this stone-based print works.
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (French: ; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer.
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