In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Aubrey Beardsley 1872–1898
- Medium
- Ink and wash on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 260 x 245 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Patrons of British Art through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1999
- Reference
- T07487
Display caption
The Third Ballade was one of the greatest compositions by the Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin who died in 1849 at the age of thirty nine. While an initial viewing might suggest a simple equestrian portrait, there is an implicit subtext of female domination in the woman’s mastery of the horse. Her determined expression, and the disparity between the horse and rider, reinforce this. Although never published in his lifetime, this design was used to illustrate Beardsley’s obituary in The Studio in 1898.
Gallery label, August 2004
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