Gray Stallion, c. 1850 or later

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 59.7 x 74.4 cm (23 1/2 x 29 5/16 in.)

framed: 84.5 x 97.8 x 6.7 cm (33 1/4 x 38 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1984.29.2

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (painter)

Théodore Gericault (artist after) French, 1791 - 1824

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Inscription

falsely inscribed lower left: Gericault

Provenance

Percy Moore Turner [d. by 1951]; Henry Nugent Banks (1828-1883); The Honorable Mrs. Rupert Baring (1913-1970); (Frank Partridge and Sons, London);[1] Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia, by 1967; (Mellon sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd, New York, 15 November 1983, no. 3, bought in); gift 1984 to NGA.

[1] Provenance prior to Mr. and Mrs. Mellon is according to 1983 sales catalogue.

Associated Names

Banks, Henry Nugent
Baring, Rupert Mrs.
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Mellon, Paul
Partridge and Sons, Ltd., Frank
Turner, Percy Moore

Exhibition History

1967: French Paintings from the Collection of Paul Mellon, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1967-1968, no cat.

1993: Extended loan for use by Secretary Mike Espy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1993-1995.

Bibliography

1978: Grunchec, Philippe. Gericault, tout l'oeuvre peint. Paris, 1978: 93, no. 52-E.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 173, repro.

1987: Bazin, Germain. Théodore Gericault, étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné. 6 vols. Paris, 1987-1997: 3(1989):109, no. 609.

2000: Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 261-264, repro.