Art Institute of Chicago
Fallen Horse and Dead Knight
Eugène Delacroix
- Date
- c. 1827–1829
- Medium
- Graphite, with touches of stumping, on cream wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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