An Antique Sculpture of a Horse

1780

Jacques-Louis David

Associated Names
Jacques-Louis David

Artist, French, 1748 - 1825

This is a drawing of a rearing horse. The drawing captures a horse in an energetic pose, with its front legs raised. The sketch is rendered on aged, slightly stained paper, with careful attention paid to the contours of the horse's body, its musculature, and the fluid motion of its tail. Delicate shading gives the drawing depth and a sense of three-dimensionality. French text is written alongside the horse.

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Provenance

Possibly Charles Saunier (1865-1941; close to Lugt 567a and 567b), Paris; K.E. Maison, London; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1963; gift to NGA, 1995.

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Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: cheval antique à la galerie de Florence / ce qui n'est pas fini est ce qui manquoit / dans l'original; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: I.S.(?); by later hand, lower left in graphite: rDr(?)

Wikidata ID

Q64580133

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