Théodore Gericault

Literature

Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 22

Provenance

Eugène Delacroix, Paris, until d. 1863, acquired either at Gericault's posthumous sale or from the sitter's uncle Dedreux-Dorcy
his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17-19 February 1864, nr. 225 to Dejean
baron Dejean, ?Paris, from 1864
Richard Goetz, Paris, until 1922
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23-24 February 1922, nr. 142, to the duke of Trévise
Édouard Napoléon César Edmond Mortier, 5th duke of Trévise, Melun, and Paris, 1922–38
sale, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, 19 May 1938, nr. 30, to Lebel
with Robert Lebel, Paris and New York, 1938–41, sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 41.17

Other works by Théodore Géricault

A Charge of Cuirassiers

Study of Severed Limbs
1818

The Riderless Racers at Rome
1817

The Lovers

George IV as Prince of Wales