Shipwreck of the Meduse
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 14 9/16 x 20 9/16 in. (37 x 52.3 cm) plate: 11 5/16 x 11 5/8 in. (28.7 x 29.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.14
Tags
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault|Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet|Charles Joseph Hullmandel · 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...