Le maréchal flamand (The Flemish Farrier)
Le maréchal flamand (The Flemish Farrier)

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Le maréchal flamand (The Flemish Farrier),

1822

Léon Cogniet, French, 1794–1880
after Théodore Géricault, French, 1791–1824
Printed by François le Villain, French, active 1819–1822
Published by Gihaut Frères, French, active 1815–1839
x1954-127
The heroic nobility of the horse in service to humankind was a favorite theme in Géricault’s paintings and drawings, and the primary subject of his lithographs. Invented in Bavaria in 1796, lithography was still a new medium to French printmakers when Géricault enthusiastically took up the process. Following the commercial success of his English Series lithographs in 1821, Géricault’s Parisian publishers convinced him to issue a series of lithographs depicting horses engaged in a variety of occupations. Géricault provided watercolor copies of the six plates depicting horses from his English Series, as well as six additional composition studies, to serve as models; Cogniet rendered them as lithographs for the album Studies of Horses, published by the Gihaut Brothers in 1822.

Information

Title
Le maréchal flamand (The Flemish Farrier)
Dates

1822

Maker
Léon Cogniet
after Théodore Géricault
Printed by François le Villain
Published by Gihaut Frères
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
56.3 × 41.6 cm (22 3/16 × 16 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Henry K. Dick, Class of 1909
Object Number
x1954-127
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription
Printed below stone, lower left to right: Géricault del / Chez Gihaut, éditeur Md. D’Estampes, bard. des Italiens No. 5 / Lith de Villain
Reference Numbers
Beraldi 79; Clement 79; Delteil 85
Culture
French
Type
prints, lithographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
horses, stable, horseshoes (animal equipment), blacksmith, figures (representations), children (people by age group), men

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