DISCOVERART

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Four Sketches for a Cavalry Battle

1813/14
Graphite with pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
17.2 × 22.8 cm (6.8 × 9 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

View at artic.edu ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Head of a Guillotined ManHead of a Guillotined ManSeven Sketches of Pairs of Boxers or WrestlersSeven Sketches of Pairs of Boxers or WrestlersSketches: Stable Boy Carrying a BucketSketches: Stable Boy Carrying a BucketGeneral of the First Empire Giving his Cavalry Orders to ChargeGeneral of the First Empire Giving his Cavalry Orders to ChaPortrait of a ManPortrait of a ManSketch of a Horse Facing Right and a Caricature in ProfileSketch of a Horse Facing Right and a Caricature in ProfileCaricature of a Man Wearing a Broad-Brimmed HatCaricature of a Man Wearing a Broad-Brimmed HatStudies of a Grenadier and a Munitions CartStudies of a Grenadier and a Munitions Cart

More like this

Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto); Sketches of Animals (verso)Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547) — Poros Assailed by theThe Large Lion HuntRembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) — The Large Lion HuntSoldiers Trying to Prevent Two Men From FightingGiovanni Battista Tiepolo — Soldiers Trying to Prevent Two MSkirmishAnonymous, Italian, 16th century — SkirmishThe Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against SiseraFrancesco Solimena — The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak tBattle Scene with Horses and MenDomenico Campagnola — Battle Scene with Horses and MenThe Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione — The Angel Departing from thThe Rape of the SabinesFrancesco Allegrini — The Rape of the SabinesLast JudgementCircle of Jacopo Palma, called Palma il Giovane — Last JudgeStudyGiuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari — StudySiege of JerichoGiovanni Francesco Grimaldi — Siege of JerichoStudies of a Group of Seated Figures and of a Flying FigureMicco Spadaro (Domenico Gargiulo) — Studies of a Group of Se