Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011222Study of a Horse
About the Artwork
Eugène Delacroix repeatedly depicted horses throughout his career, visiting stables to observe the animals at rest and in motion. This sheet is likely one such example made from life. Delacroix loosely sketched the horse's form, concentrating on the tension of its front legs and leaving the rest of its body loosely rendered. Through such exercises, the artist hoped to eventually master this subject.
Inscriptions
stamped, in red ink, at center left: E.D. [Lugt 838a]
Provenance
?-1863: Estate of the artist [1798-1863; Lugt 838a] by 1905-?: (Vuillier, Paris) ?-?: (Patrick Perrin, Paris, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH) ?-2020: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH 2020-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
- Date
- c. 1825–30
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 17.1 x 24 cm (6 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 21 x 28.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Accession no.
- 2020.128
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