Six Figure Studies, including four for The Poor Italian Family

Théodore Gericault

early 19th century

Six Figure Studies, including four for The Poor Italian Family by Théodore Gericault

Medium

Black chalk; pen and brown ink

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 10 11/16 in. (19 x 27.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1946

Accession Number

46.164

Tags

InfantsMale NudesFemale NudesFamily

About the Artist

Théodore Gericault · 17911824

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...

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