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Description: | In this small oil panel two brown horses are shown standing in a stable. We are probably right in assuming that it is the horses' names, or their natures -'L'inconnu' (The Unknown) and 'L'amicale' (Friendly) - that the artist has inscribed, in paint, on the horizontal bar of the hayloft above the manger where they are feeding. While we can be quite sure that works like The Stud Farm and The Blacksmith, which William Burrell purchased as being by Géricault, are not by the artist, it is more difficult to be certain about Brown Horses. The artist has convincingly depicted the fullness of the horses' forms but there is a decided uneasiness in the handling of their heads. | Subjects: | animal (horse) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Géricault, Théodore (French painter and draftsman, 1791-1824) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8296... | Go to resource |
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