Description
Numerous variations of this subject can be found throughout the work of Delacroix. The glistening skin and flamelike mane of the horse are common features in his lithographs of 1827-29. It is possible that this drawing is an illustration for Shakespeare's Henry VI.
Provenance
(Leon?) Suzor, Paris [according to curatorial file]. Sold by B. C. Holland, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1969.
Accession Number
30948
Medium
Graphite, with touches of stumping, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
24.9 × 31.7 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
graphite
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Margaret Day Blake
