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Théodore Géricault

271 works

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Watercolor of horses fighting in a stable yard, with a grey and a white horse rearing while a figure with a pole stands behin

Fighting Horses

c. 1820

Two ink and wash sheets of sketched male figures in dynamic poses, running, wrestling and reclining.

Sheet of Sketches (recto and verso)

1819

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned man lying with his head against a horse's neck on a pale ground.

Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto)

c. 1816

Brown ink and wash sketch sheet with multiple studies of muscular male figures in dynamic poses, one reclining.

Sheet of Sketches (recto)

1819

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with many nude male figures in varied action poses, some shaded with brown wash.

Sheet of Sketches (verso)

1819

Watercolor and drawing of a mounted officer directing cavalry soldiers and horses on a smoky battlefield.

General of the First Empire Giving his Cavalry Orders to Charge

n.d.

Pencil sketch of a coach pulled by four galloping horses, with two top-hatted men on the driver's seat.

Coach Drawn by Four Galloping Horses

1818/19

Pencil sketch of two horses galloping to the right, one overlapping the other, with studied legs and flowing manes.

Two Horses Galloping to the Right

1818/19

Pencil sketches of turbaned horsemen on rearing and galloping horses, with studies of hands and feet below.

Sketches of Oriental Horsemen

1813/14

Studies of a Draught Horse, a Blacksmith and a Young Woman

1813/14

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of horses and riders, a wooded landscape, and a cavalry battle scene.

Three Studies with Sketches of a Wooded Landscape and a Cavalry Battle

1813/14

Pencil sketch sheet with a timber shed, a landscape of trees, a dog head, a reclining dog, and several figure studies.

Sketches of A Shed, A Landscape, Dogs and Various Figures

1813/14

Pencil study sheet with horses in full figure, foal, heads, legs and hooves, with a faint brown wash.

Sketches of a Horse

1813/14

Pencil and ink sketch of horses, a groom, and a cavalry battle, with handwritten notes on aged paper.

Sketches of Horses, Groom Holding Horse, a Cavalry Battle

1813/14

Sheet of Sketches: Greyhounds; A Male and a Female Head in

1813/14

Pencil and wash sketches of trees, dogs and a pheasant in a wooded landscape, with arched panels at lower right.

Sketches of a Wooded Site, Dogs and Pheasants in Landscape

1813/14

Pencil sketch sheet of soldiers in helmets and cloaks, cavalry riders on horseback, and a pointing figure.

Sketches of Soldiers and Horses

1813/14

Pencil and brown wash sketches of horsemen and horses in battle, with a larger watercolor study in the upper right.

Four Sketches for a Cavalry Battle

c. 1814

Pencil sketch of mounted carabiniers in plumed helmets and studies of horse heads on a pale sheet.

Sketches of Mounted Carabiniers and Heads of Horses

1813/14

Pencil sketches of uniformed officers in tall hats and several horses in varied poses on tan paper.

Sketches of Russian Officers and Horses

1813/14

Pencil sketches on paper showing grids of horsemen, rearing horses and battle groups, with brown watercolor stains.

Eleven Compositional Sketches

1813/14

Pen and ink sketch of a boating party with a standing oarsman, surrounded by pencil studies of heads, hats and a tree.

Sketches of a Musical Boating Party and of a Woman Wearing a Tall Hat

1813/14

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of a turkey, duck, peacock and several fowl in varied poses.

Sketches of Fowl

1813/14

Pencil and brown wash sketches of cavalry battle scenes and horse studies arranged across one sheet.

Sketches of a Cavalry Battle and Studies of a Draught Horse

1813/14

Pencil and brown wash sketches of a chasseur on horseback, with rearing horse studies and faint head sketches.

Six Sketches of a Chasseur Beside His Horse

1813/14

Pencil sketches on aged paper showing a horse head with rider, a greyhound head, and faint preparatory studies.

Sketches of an Equestrian Battle and the Head of a Greyhound

1813/14

Brown wash and graphite sketches of cavalry battle groups with horses and riders, plus a study of a dog's forepaws.

Sketches of a Cavalry Battle and the Forepaws of a Dog

1813/14

Pen and brown ink sketch of a robed figure facing a violent scene of men struggling, one raising a dagger.

Assassination of Tiberius

1816-1817

Studies of lion, compositional group figure study, two caricature head studies

1812-1814

Three lion studies

1812-1814

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing a bowman in action and a horse with rider, drawn in loose outline.

Three studies of a bowman

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of two standing horses above a base, with a rider on a rearing horse and a kneeling figure below.

Two standing horses, Man riding a rearing horse

1812-1814