Bouchers de Rome
Medium
Lithograph; second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 7/16 in. (26.8 x 34.2 cm) plate: 6 13/16 x 9 5/8 in. (17.3 x 24.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.44
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault|Charles de Lasteyrie · 1791–1824
Théodore Géricault, born Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault on September 26, 1791, in Rouen, France, into a prosperous family—his father a lawyer turned tobacco merchant and his mother from a line of growers—moved to Paris around 1797. Displaying early artistic promise, recognized by painter Jean-Louis Laneuville, he began formal training in 1808 under Carle Vernet, mastering English sporting art...