Théodore Géricault
Étude de femme nue pour le Trio érotique (Study of a Female Nude for the Erotic Trio) [recto]; The Combat of Hercules and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and [reversed underlying sketch] Woman on the Ground and Woman in Half Length [verso]
Artist
Théodore Géricault(French, 1791–1824)French, 1791–1824
CultureFrench
Titles
- Étude de femme nue pour le Trio érotique (Study of a Female Nude for the Erotic Trio) [recto]; The Combat of Hercules and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and [reversed underlying sketch] Woman on the Ground and Woman in Half Length [verso]
Date1816–1817
MediumBlack chalk on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (including mount): 5 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (12.8 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dennis Roach at "One Great Night in November, 2016"
Object number2016.212.A,.B
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: R / [cursive, inverted]
Verso of panel: Inscribed in paint, upper center: 4-4-56 / H OSS / TEBD
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: R / [cursive, inverted]
Verso of panel: Inscribed in paint, upper center: 4-4-56 / H OSS / TEBD
Recto: [none]
Verso: [none]
Verso: [none]
Recto: [none]
Verso of frame: paper label in ink, upper right: Theodore / GERICAULT / Etude de femme nue / (recto)
Verso of frame: paper label in ink, upper right: Le combat d'Hercule / (verso)
Verso of frame: paper label in ink, upper right: Jean-François HEIM
Verso of frame: paper label in ink, upper right: Theodore / GERICAULT / Etude de femme nue / (recto)
Verso of frame: paper label in ink, upper right: Le combat d'Hercule / (verso)
Verso of frame: paper label in ink, upper right: Jean-François HEIM
Catalogue raisonnéBazin (this drawing not known); Chenique (forthcoming)
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c. 1817–1822
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2008.937
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1823
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91.1565
140–170 AD
Marble
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c. 1910, cast 1970
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2019.324