1823
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dead Horse is a 1823 ink by Théodore Géricault, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a dead horse lying on its side in a snowy field. Its legs are stretched out, and its head rests on the ground. In the background, a few small buildings peek out from the snow, and birds fly high in the pale sky. The artist focused on the horse’s stillness and the quiet of the scene. This was made as a lithograph, which means it was drawn directly onto a stone and printed. Look up lithography to see how this printing method works.
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (French: ; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer.
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