The Virgin of the Sacred Heart
ca. 1820
Medium
Graphite on paper (watermark: J Wh[atman]/Turke[y mill]/1
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in. (22.5 x 15.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jill Newhouse and Mrs. Corrine Cuéllar, 2002
Accession Number
2002.481
Tags
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...