Théodore GÉRICAULT (Rouen, 1791 - Paris, 1824) Three Horses in the Stable Oil on canvas (Original canvas) Inscribed 'Géricault / Coll. Gral de Brack' in ink on the stretcher verso Three horses in a stable, oil on canvas, by T. Géricault 5.71 x 8.27 in. 14.5 x 21.5 cm Provenance: perhaps the General de Brack collection in 1823 (with its counterpart); Pierre Dubaut Collection (his stamp in red wax on the reverse); Private collection, Paris Exhibitions : Probablement Géricault, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 1924, n° 340 Théodore Géricault, Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, 30 August - 8 November 1953, no. 44 Géricault, Paris, Galerie Claude Aubry, 1964, no. 12 Bibliography: Charles Blanc, Histoire des peintres français au XIXe siècle, tome I, Paris, 1845, p. 443 Philippe Grunchec, Tout l'œuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1978, no. 238, repr. Lorenz Eitner, "The Literature of Art", Burlington Magazine, March 1980, p. 209 Georges Bazin, Théodore Géricault, étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, tome VII, Paris, 1997, p. 46, 48, p. 227, no. 2557, repr. (as paper mounted on canvas) According to Germain Bazin, our painting belongs to Théodore Géricault's last period. In the last months of his life, Géricault, who was greatly diminished physically, produced a number of less ambitious, more intimate works. This is the case of our delightful sketch painting, in which Géricault, using a quick, rough brushstroke, gives us the outlines of the animals that fascinated and inspired him throughout his life. In debt, Géricault is said to have sold our painting through his friend Louis Bro to Antoine Fortuné de Brack - a soldier whom Bro met during the Prussian, Polish, German and Russian campaigns in which he took part - along with three other paintings, including what is said to be the counterpart of our painting (see Georges Bazin, Théodore Géricault, étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, tome VII, Paris, 1997, p. 46,48, p. 227, no. 2556). Our work subsequently came into the possession of Pierre Dubaut, one of the artist's most important collectors. Théodore GÉRICAULT (Rouen, 1791 - Paris, 1824) 14.5 x 21.5 cm According to Germain Bazin, our painting belongs to Théodore Géricault's last period. In the last months of his life, Géricault, who was greatly diminished physically, produced a number of less ambitious, more intimate works. This is the case of our delightful sketch painting, in which Géricault, using a quick, rough brushstroke, gives us the outlines of the animals that fascinated and inspired him throughout his life. In debt, Géricault is said to have sold our painting through his friend Louis Bro to Antoine Fortuné de Brack - a soldier whom Bro met during the Prussian, Polish, German and Russian campaigns in which he took part - along with three other paintings, including what is said to be the counterpart of our painting (see Georges Bazin, Théodore Géricault, étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, tome VII, Paris, 1997, p. 46,48, p. 227, no. 2556). Our work subsequently came into the possession of Pierre Dubaut, one of the artist's most important collectors.