The Church of Saint Nicholas, Rouen
Medium
Lithograph on chine collé
Dimensions
sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45 x 31.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.517
Tags
InteriorsChurchesMenCarriages
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault|Charles Louis Lesaint|Godefroy Engelmann · 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...