# Horseman (recto); Horse and Rider (verso)

**Auguste Rodin** (French, 1840–1917)  
1889  
Gouache, with pen and brown and black ink and traces of magenta ink (faded), over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper  
21.7 × 17.4 cm (8 9/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.580. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/113436).

## About this work

Auguste Rodin painted this in 1889, aged 49. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of gouache, with pen and brown and black ink and traces of magenta ink (faded), over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.

### [Auguste Rodin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/auguste-rodin)

French, 1840–1917

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: France
- The artist was 49
- Real size: about 8½ × 6½ in (21 × 17 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/horseman-recto-horse-and-rider-verso-aic-113436).