
Franz Krüger (Großbadegast 1797 - Berlin 1857)
Study of a horse rider, c. 1820
Description:
inscribed, upper right: 50 / 778
black chalk
255 x 203 mm
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Private collection, London
Note:
This drawing of a mounted rider is a study for the painting Ein Marsch pressischer Kavallerie, first exhibited at the Berlin Academy exhibition in 1820, and recently with H.W. Fichter Kunstandel in Frankfurt. A subsequent study for the same figure is in the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett.