Roman Youth with Horse

1824

Jacques Louis David French, 1748-1825

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About the Artwork

Title Roman Youth with Horse

Artwork Date 1824

Artist Jacques Louis David

Life Dates 1748-1825

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 36 3/8 × 29 inches (92.4 × 73.7 cm) Framed: 40 3/4 × 32 7/8 × 2 3/8 inches (103.5 × 83.5 × 6 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 27.245

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Signed Signed, lower right: David pinx 1824

Provenance

1927, (Ehrich Galleries, New York, New York, USA);
1927-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) with gift of funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb.

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Published References

"Annual Report of the Arts Commission for the Year 1927," Bulletin of the DIA 9, no. 5 (1928): pp. 49, 52, 60, (repr.).

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 52, (repr.).

Horse Show: Horses in Art from Ancient Times to the Present Day. Exh. cat., M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum. San Francisco, November 19, 1932-January 1, 1933, cat. 33, frontispiece.

The Horse, its Significance in Art. Exh. cat., Fogg Museum, Harvard University. Cambridge, April-May 1938, cat. 9.

Symposium on the Greek Tradition. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art (with the Walters Art Gallery). Baltimore, May 15-June 25, 1939, pp. 19, 22.

David and Ingres. Exh. cat., Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Art Gallery, Knoedler & Co. Springfield MA, Rochester, New York, November 1939-March 1940, cat. 4.

Classic Show. Exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum. Cambridge, July-August, 1941.

The Horse in Art. Exh. cat., John Herron Art Institute. Indianapolis, February-March 1942, cat. 54.

Shoolman, R. and Ch. E. Slatkin. The Enjoyment of Art in America. Philadelphia & New York, 1942, p. 547, (repr.).

Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. 1944, p. 36, no. 52 [as Jacques Louis David].

The Spirit of Modern France, An Essay on Painting in Society, 1745-1940. Exh. cat., Toledo Museum of Art, Art Gallery of Toronto. Toledo, Toronto, November 1946-February 1947, p. ?, cat. 17.

Sculpture by Houdon and Paintings and Drawings by David. Exh. cat., The Century Association. New York, February 15-April 10, 1947, cat. 13.

Neo-Classicism and Romanticism. Exh. cat., Wesleyan University. Middletown CT, April 1948 [with no accompanying catalogue].

Pompeiana. Exh. cat., Smith College Museum of Art. Northampton MA, November 18-December 15, 1948, cat. 110.

Richardson, E. P. Catalogue of the Whitcomb Gifts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 20-September 20, 1954, p. 75, (repr.) [This publication coincided with the Whitcomb commemorative exhibition].

The Beginnings of Modern Painting, France, 1800-1910. Exh. cat., Joslyn Memorial Art Museum. Omaha, October 4-November 4, 1951 [unpaginated].

The French Tradition. Exh., Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute. San Antonio, February 5-March 12, 1961, cat. 8 [with no accompanying catalogue].

French Master Works. Exh. cat., Freedom Festival. Detroit, Cobo Hall, June 30-July 7, 1964.

Rosenblum, R. "Neoclassicism Surveyed," Burlington Magazine, vol. 107, no. 742 (January 1965): pp. 30-33 [citing David's signing of student replicas, but DIA painting not cited].

Art in the Age of Thomas Jefferson. Exh. cat., University of Virginia Art Museum. Charlottesville, March 14-April 23, 1976, cat.

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workshop of Jacques Louis David, Roman Youth with Horse, 1824, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 27.245.