The Rescue of a Drowned Man (recto); Study of a Horse (verso)
Théodore Gericault
ca. 1817–18
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 · 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...