Art, literature & history
Four Sketches for a Cavalry Battle
c. 1814
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 17.4 × 23.3 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.35.46R
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Théodore Géricault. Four Sketches for a Cavalry Battle. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Four Sketches for a Cavalry Battle — Théodore Géricault. c. 1814.
Medium: Graphite and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: 17.4 × 23.3 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.