The French Blacksmith
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 3/4 in. (42.8 x 57.8 cm) plate: 10 11/16 x 14 3/16 in. (27.1 x 36.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.17.16
Tags
MenHorsesBlacksmiths
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault · 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...