M3541: The Flemish Blacksmith

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M3541

People

Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)
Léon Cogniet, French (Paris 1794 - 1880 Paris)
Printed by François de Villain, French (active 1820 - 1840)
Published by Gihaut Frères, French (1815 - 1871)

Title

The Flemish Blacksmith

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Le maréchal flamand
Series/Book Title: Études de Chevaux

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1822

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/265852

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph on chine collé

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 24.7 × 33.3 cm (9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
chine collé: 26 × 33.3 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
sheet: 30.5 x 37.4 cm (12 x 14 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, in stone: Géricault del
• inscription: lower right, in stone: Lith de Villain
• inscription: lower center, in stone: Chez Gihaut, éditeur M.d d'Estampes card des Italiens No. 5
• inscription: lower left, graphite: 5.86B
• inscription: lower left, graphite: Cl = 39 - No 5 - 1e Etat
• inscription: lower center, graphite: Le marechal flamand
• inscription: upper left, graphite, erased: No 79
• inscription: upper right, graphite, erased : Gericault
• inscription: upper center, graphite, erased: 678
• collector's mark: lower left, red ink: AM [encircled] [Lugt 150b, mark of Albert Maroni]
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: B [illegible text] 32
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 1 e du g [illegible text] 8H. - H, IB / u. 39
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: r u [underlined]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Albert Maroni (Lugt 150b), Paris. Horace M. Swope, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

Delteil 85; Clément 79; Brugerolles E.76

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Horace M. Swope

Accession Year

1928

Object Number

M3541

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Romantic Prints: David to Courbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1980 - 04/30/1980
• Mutiny: Works by Géricault, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019

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