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Horse and Rider with Lance

(French, 1840–1916)
1860s
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 17.1 x 21 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Framed: 37.5 x 41 cm (14 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated in honor of Mark, Chris, and David Fuller
Accession number2015.2039
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceAbout 1966, probably purchased in Paris by Arbit Blatas (b. 1908 – d. 1999), New York [see note]; by descent within the family; 2015, consigned by the descendants of Arbit Blatas to Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York; 2015, sold by Newhouse Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 20, 2015)

NOTE: The drawing was authenticated by Paule Cailac on November 22, 1966, at which time it was probably on the Paris art market.