Theodore Gericault

A study for the principal group of the Raft of the Medusa (a male figure assisting another on to a barrel to make a signal to the Argus)



Theodore Gericault - A study for the principal group of the Raft of the Medusa (a male figure assisting another on to a barrel to make a signal to the Argus)



Theodore Gericault
A study for the principal group of the Raft of the Medusa (a male figure assisting another on to a barrel to make a signal to the Argus)
226 x 165 mm
Pen and brown ink on blue paper
Sale Bonhams, London, 24 October 2012


Provenance

A. Mouriau (Frits Lugt 1853)
J.P. Heseltine (Frits Lugt 1507)
his sale, Sotheby's, London, 27-29 May 1935, nr. 238
sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1947, nr, 81
Sale Bonhams, London, 24 October 2012, nr. 269

Other works by Théodore Géricault


Théodore Géricault The Fleet with the Shipwrecked Sailors of the Frigate Medusa
The Fleet with the Shipwrecked Sailors of the Frigate Medusa
1818

Theodore Gericault A study for the principal group of the Raft of the Medusa (a male figure assisting another on to a barrel to make a signal to the Argus)
A study for the principal group of the Raft of the Medusa (a male figure assisting another on to a barrel to make a signal to the Argus)

Théodore Gericault Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct
Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct
1818

Théodore Géricault Horsewoman
Horsewoman

Théodore Gericault A Charge of Cuirassiers
A Charge of Cuirassiers