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]
![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]](/internal/media/dispatcher/310272/preview)
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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Exhibition History"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 14-Nov. 16, 2025 [Sixth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Published References Chenique, Bruno, Catalogue raisonné des dessins inédits et retrouvés de Théodore Géricault, forthcoming. 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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