A fallen knight whose horse is galloping off, cover for 'Caballo y Dios' by Fernando Benitez

1945

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Photo-mechanical offset
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 9/16 in. (25.1 × 19.2 cm) Image: 7 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (19.2 × 12.5 cm)
Collection no.: 46.46.100
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A fallen knight whose horse is galloping off, cover for 'Caballo y Dios' by Fernando Benitez — Leopoldo Méndez. 1945.

Medium: Photo-mechanical offset. Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 9/16 in. (25.1 × 19.2 cm) Image: 7 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (19.2 × 12.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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