Persan tenant un cheval (Persian Holding a Horse) [recto]; A man lying on his back, study for Raft of the Medusa and Study of male head in profile [verso]
![Persan tenant un cheval (Persian Holding a Horse) [recto]; A man lying on his back, study for Raft of the Medusa and Study of male head in profile [verso]](/internal/media/dispatcher/308785/preview)
Artist
Théodore Géricault(French, 1791–1824)French, 1791–1824
CultureFrench
Titles
- Persan tenant un cheval (Persian Holding a Horse) [recto]; A man lying on his back, study for Raft of the Medusa and Study of male head in profile [verso]
Datec. 1817–1822
MediumPen and brown ink with graphite on beige wove paper [recto]; Graphite on beige wove paper [verso]
DimensionsSheet: 6 5/8 × 7 1/8 in. (16.8 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2014.753.A,.B
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Published References G. Bazin, 'L'œuvre de Théodore Géricault ', Paris, 1992, Wildenstein Institute, Tome V, n°1869, p.293, repr. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right edge: par Géricault
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right edge: par Géricault
Printed label on verso:
• DE BAYSER • / THÉODORE GERICAULT (1791-1824) / PERSAN TENANT UN CHEVAL / BIBLIOGRAPHIE: GERMAIN BAZIN, THÉODORE / GERICAUL, CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ, TOME V, PARIS / 1992, Nø1869 p.293 ILL. / 45.000 £
• DE BAYSER • / THÉODORE GERICAULT (1791-1824) / PERSAN TENANT UN CHEVAL / BIBLIOGRAPHIE: GERMAIN BAZIN, THÉODORE / GERICAUL, CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ, TOME V, PARIS / 1992, Nø1869 p.293 ILL. / 45.000 £
Catalogue raisonnéBazin, V, p 293, cat. 1869, illus.
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