The Dozing Fishmonger (Le marchand de poissons endormie)

Art Historical Context

In the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, *The Dozing Fishmonger (Le marchand de poissonsormie)* (1820) showcases a rare collaboration between two French masters: Théodore Géricault, the fiery Romantic painter behind *The Raft of the Medusa*, and lithographer Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet. Created just four years before Géricault's untimely death at 32, this print captures a quiet, humorous moment—a fishmonger nodding off amid his trade—offering a glimpse into everyday Parisian life during the post-Napoleonic Restoration era. As a lithograph, the work highlights the revolutionary med...