Title

Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto), c. 1816. Creator: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824).

Caption

Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto), 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.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM19F92_430

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Available size

88,6Mb (8,7Mb) / 22,2in x 15,5in / 6668 x 4644 (300dpi)

Keywords

French France drawing 19th century The Cleveland Museum of Art Heritage Art Drawing pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite Théodore Géricault (French 1791-1824) Théodore Géricault 1791-1824