Two Draft Horses

1830

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Associated Names
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Artist, French, 1803 - 1860

This is a drawing of two horses standing in a stable. The drawing shows a pair of horses, one dark and one lighter in color, tethered within a stable setting. The horses are dressed in harnesses and standing side by side. The artist has used shading and texture to depict details such as the musculature of the horses and their harnesses. The background is softly rendered, hinting at a wall or barrier in the stable.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and white chalk on gray-green wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32 x 48.8 cm (12 5/8 x 19 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.105

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 174 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower left in black chalk: DC; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: (upside down) No 21 / [en?] V.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: [Not deciphered] blanc / passe vert

Wikidata ID

Q64534176

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