Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the Back (verso)

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the Back (verso) by Théodore Gericault|Annibale Carracci

Medium

(r.) Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, watercolor, and white gouache over graphite and traces of red chalk; (v.) Pen and brown ink and watercolor over graphite and traces of red chalk

Dimensions

8-1/2 x 11-1/4 in. (21.6 x 28.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Leonardo Mondadori, in memory of his mother, Mimma Mondadori, 1998

Accession Number

1998.177a, b

Tags

ShieldsSwordsMenCupidVenus

About the Artist

Théodore Gericault|Annibale Carracci · 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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