# Prancing Horse

**Follower of Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault** (French, 1791–1824)  
1808–12  
Oil on canvas  
26.4 × 39.5 cm (10 3/8 × 15 1/2 in.); Framed: 46.4 × 59.1 × 7.3 cm (18 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 2 7/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1944.687. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/51541).

## About this work

Follower of Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault painted this in 1808–12, aged about 17. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Follower of Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/follower-of-jean-louis-andre-theodore-gericault)

French, 1791–1824

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 17
- Real size: about 10 × 15 in (26 × 39 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 8 × 10 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: horse, field, trees, landscape, animals, nineteenth century, 19th century
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/162.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/162/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2

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/prancing-horse-aic-51541).