Théodore Géricault
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]

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Artist Théodore Géricault(French, 1791–1824)French, 1791–1824

CultureFrench

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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

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Prints and Drawings

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DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceHenri Currie Marillier, London, (1865-1951); by inheritance, the Marillier family; private collection, Paris; [Artcurial, Paris, (Briest, Poulain, F. Tajan), “Dessins Anciens et Du XIXe Siècle” sale, March 24, 2010, lot 67, pp. 52-53, recto & verso]; [Galerie de Bayser, Paris, by 2013-2014]; private Collection, Paris; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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 £

Catalogue raisonnéBazin, V, p 293, cat. 1869, illus.

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