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Théodore Géricault (1791-1824).
Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge," about 1816.
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite;180 x 262 mm
Collection of Muriel Butkin
[cat. no. 26]
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Théodore Géricault
Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge"
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. 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.
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