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Two Horses Cavorting (recto); Man on a Kicking Horse (verso), 1778/1836. Graphite (recto and verso) on cream wove paper.
Graphite (recto and verso) on cream wove paper · 41.1 × 51.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Two Horses Cavorting (recto); Man on a Kicking Horse (verso)
- Artist
- Carle Vernet French, 1758-1836
- Date
- 1778/1836
- Medium
- Graphite (recto and verso) on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 41.1 × 51.3 cm (16 3/16 × 20 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Robert Allerton
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1758–1836
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.


