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Horse Studies
Théodore Géricault1812 - 1814
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The top third of the sheet has been torn away, leaving the hindquarters of two horses. Théodore Géricault suggested the musculature of legs and hooves with a swift series of triangles, circles, and zigzagging lines.
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Details
- Title: Horse Studies
- Creator: Théodore Géricault
- Date Created: 1812 - 1814
- Physical Dimensions: 15.2 × 10.6 cm (6 × 4 3/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Graphite
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 95.GD.40.2
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791 - 1824)
- Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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