Anatomical Model of a Horse
Anatomical Model of a Horse
Anatomical Model of a Horse
Anatomical Model of a Horse

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Greatly attracted to equine subjects, Géricault may have made the original wax model of a partly flayed horse to help accurately represent its anatomy in his paintings and graphic work. Its pose was inspired by that of the horse of the famous life-size antique bronze of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. This is number three of 20 casts taken in 1959 from Géricault’s original wax; a single earlier cast was made in 1832 (both are now in Washington, DC). A plaster version in the Louvre was copied by Van Gogh and Redon.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

Anatomical Model of a Horse

Date

modelled c.1820–24 & cast 1959

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 22.8 x W 21.7 x D 11 cm

Accession number

60.6

Acquisition method

purchased from Reid & Lefevre Ltd., 1960

Work type

Equestrian

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