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Drummer Boy Attacked by a Cossack

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Théodore Gericault French
ca. 1817
Not on view
This drawing shows the stylistic influence of Gericault, whom Schnetz befriended in Italy in 1817. Both artists produced high-contrast drawings using white gouache around this time. Although this work was most likely made after the fall of Napoleon, the identification of the attacking horseman as a Cossack—a member of a Slavic military unit—suggests the subject’s association with the French invasion of Russia in 1812.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Drummer Boy Attacked by a Cossack
  • Artist: Jean Victor Schnetz (French, Versailles 1787–1870 Paris)
  • Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Théodore Gericault (French, Rouen 1791–1824 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1817
  • Medium: Brush and brown wash, heightened with white over black chalk
  • Dimensions: 8 9/16 x 6 5/16 in. (21.8 x 16 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.201.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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