Inscription
incised on top left of self-base: Geric[a]u [lt scratched out]; to its right, on same line: Ge[ricault]
Provenance
(Reportedly Gericault's Paris atelier sale, 2-3 November 1824); allegedly purchased by Susse.[1] Sold by spring 1867 to Maurice Cottier [d. before July 1882], Paris.[2] Madame Cottier, his widow, by 1889;[3] Cottier descendants, until February 1958; (Alex Reid & Lefèvre Ltd., London), by 1958;[4] purchased 25 October 1960 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[5] gift 1980 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1866
- Cercle de l'Union artistique, Paris, 1866.
- 1889
- Exposition Centennale de l'Art Français, Paris, 1889, no. 85.
- 1960
- XIX and XX Century French Paintings and Sculpture, Lefevre Gallery, London, 1960, no. 38, repro.
- 1974
- Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
- 1866
- Lagrange, Léon. "Bulletin mensuel. Mars 1866. Exposition du Cercle de l'Union Artistique." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 1st ser., 20, no. 4 (1 April 1986): 400.
- 1866
- Rousseau, Jean. "Chronique des arts." L'Univers illustré 9th yr., 525 (April 1866): 214.
- 1868
- Clément, Charles. Géricault. Etude biographique et critique. Paris, 1868: 325.
- 1872
- Mantz, Paul. "La Galerie de M. Maurice Cottier." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 2nd ser., 5 (1 May 1872): 382.
- 1882
- Blondel, Spire. "Les Modeleurs en cire (troisième et dernier article)." Gazette des Beaux-Arts ser. 2, 26 (1 November 1882): 437.
- 1960
- "Notable Works of Art Now on the Market" (advertisement supplement section). The Burlington Magazine 102, no. 687 (June 1960): pl. 16.
- 1965
- Peignot, Jérome. "Géricault Sculpteur." Connaissance des Arts 155 (1965): 48, repro. p. 47.
- 1973
- Eitner, Lorenz. Charles Clément: Géricault [sic]. 1879 reprint with supplement. Paris, 1973: 325, no. 1; 460, no. 1.
- 1973
- Schmoll, J.A. "Géricault Sculpteur. A propos de la découverte d'une statuette en plâtre d'un moribond." Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français (1973): 320, no. 1.
- 1978
- Grunchec, Philippe. Gericault, tout l'oeuvre peint. Paris, 1978: 148, no. 21.
- 1980
- Hargrove, June. "Flayed Horse." In The Romantics to Rodin: Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections. Peter Fusco and H.W. Janson, eds. 5 venues. New York, 1980: 285.
- 1983
- Eitner, Lorenz. Gericault. His Life and Work. London, 1983: 333 n. 113.
- 1991
- Laveissière, Sylvain. "Cheval échorché." In Géricault. Exh. cat. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1991: 335.
- 1994
- Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 96, repro.
- 2000
- Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 253-259, color repro.
- 2000
- National Gallery of Art Special Issue. Connaissance des Arts. Paris, 2000:62.
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