1965.286: An Artilleryman Leading his Horse into the Field

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.286

People

Attributed to Piotr Michalowski, Polish (1801 - 1855)
Previously attributed to Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)

Title

An Artilleryman Leading his Horse into the Field

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

Polish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296327

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown wash over graphite on beige paper

Dimensions

29.7 x 45 cm (11 11/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Emile Wauters, Paris (Lugt 911). Vicomte Bernard d'Hendecourt, Paris. [P. & D. Colnaghi, London, sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, by 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.286

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Frederic Lees, The Art of the Great Masters: As Exemplified by Drawings in the Collection of Emile Wauters, membre de l'Academie royale de Belgique, Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston, MA, 1913), pp. 163-167, repr. opp. p. 166
• Dessins anciens. Part I, auct. cat., Frederik Muller & Cie. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 15, 1926 - June 16, 1926), no. 73
• Catalogue of the Very Choice and Valuable Collections of the Vicomte Bernard d'Hendecourt, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, May 8-10, 1929), no. 96, repr.
• Margaret Scott, An Exhibition of Old-Master Drawings for the Benefit of Public Health Nursing Milk and Emergency Fund, exh. cat., Junior League (Pittsburgh, 1933), no. 23
• Stephan Bourgeois, "The Artist and His Drawings", Parnassus (January 1935), VII, pp. 7-11, 16, p. 11, repr.
• Master Drawings, Selected from the Museums and Private Collections of America, exh. cat., Buffalo Fine Arts Academy/Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY, 1935), no. 97, repr.
• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 693, fig. 364
• Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawing from the Fogg Museum..., brochure, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI, 1941), checklist no. 38
• Janice Joann Burandt, "An Investigation of Traditional Drawing Inks: Developing a Methodology for Identification" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-10 passim
• Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 36 under "Sepia ink"

Exhibition History

• An Exhibition of Old-Master Drawings for the Benefit of Public Health Nursing Milk and Emergency Fund, Junior League, Pittsburgh, 12/13/1933 - 01/06/1934
• Master Drawings, Selected from the Museums and Private Collections of America, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Buffalo, 01/01/1935 - 01/31/1935
• Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawing from the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University and the Museum of Modern Art of New York City, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 05/01/1941 - 06/01/1941
• Untitled exhibition of French drawings, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 10/08/1943 - 11/21/1943
• Between the Empires: Géricault, Delacroix, Chasseriau--Painters of the Romantic Movement, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/30/1946 - 06/01/1946

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