The Rescue of a Drowned Man (recto); Study of a Horse (verso)

Théodore Gericault

ca. 1817–18

The Rescue of a Drowned Man (recto); Study of a Horse (verso) by Théodore Gericault

Medium

Pen and brown ink

Dimensions

9-5/8 x 11-7/8 in. (24.4 x 30.2 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Giuseppe Gazzoni-Frascara, in memory of Idarica Gazzoni-Frascara, 2001

Accession Number

2001.379a, b

Tags

Male Nudes

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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