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Vieux cheval à la porte d'une auberge: P.311-1945

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Vieux cheval à la porte d'une auberge
Translated as: Old horse at the entrance to an inn
Etudes de Chevaux par Géricault

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Géricault, Jean Louis André Théodore
Printer: Villain, Jean-François
Publisher: Gihaut, Jean François
Printmaker: Volmar, Joseph Simon (Attributed)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, 16 April 1945, Lot 112

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1945-05) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1822

Note

Touched with white. From the series Etudes de Chevaux par Géricault, Paris, Gihaut, 1822.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Géricault del.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Lith. de Villain
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.311-1945
Primary reference Number: 167450
Delteil: 82 I
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 March 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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