Saddled Arabian Horse in Courtyard
1820
- Medium
- pen and brown ink, brown wash, with gray wash, over black chalk or crayon, heightened with white gouache and white chalk
- Dimensions
- 15.8 × 24.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-212371
While his father, Joseph, was known for marine paintings, and his son, Horace, became a celebrated Romantic artist, Carle Vernet excelled in representing battles and animals, especially horses. Vernet was an expert rider himself, and in his pictures he precisely described various breeds and horse dressings. Although the artist never traveled further from France than Italy, his drawing of an Arabian horse contains elements that make it seem as if he observed the animal in its native environment. He documented the unique saddle and included exotic architecture in the background and palm trees a…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.398
Registry history
- 1820 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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