Sujet
Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto); Compositional Study?(verso), c. 18 Creator: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824).
Légende
Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto); Compositional Study? (possibly for "Poussin's Deluge") (verso), c. 1816. Géricault's drawing of a man clutching the mane of a horse as they struggle together to stay afloat is a direct copy of a detail from one of Nicolas Poussin's (1594-1665) most celebrated paintings, The Deluge, or Winter (see photo). Small in scale but monumental in feeling, the sheet exemplifies the artist's "antique manner" of drawing, which he began to develop around 1815. This style, with its heavy contour lines and broad washes, developed in tandem with Géricault's renewed interest in copying works of art from the past, such as prints after ancient sculpture and works by Raphael (1483-1520), Michelangelo (1475-1564), and Poussin.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F92_431
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
88,6Mo (8,7Mo) / 56,5cm x 39,3cm / 6668 x 4644 (300dpi)