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Théodore Géricault

271 works

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Oil painting of a seated boy with curly hair in a yellow jacket and grey trousers on a rock under a cloudy sky.

Alfred Dedreux (1810-1860) as a Child

ca. 1819-20

Painting of an aqueduct and hilltop town at dusk, with bathers by a river and a ruined arched wall on the left.

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct

1818

Oil study of a man with curly hair in a blue jacket and white collar, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of the Model Joseph

about 1818-1819

Painting of a nude reclining woman on a canopied bed with a clothed woman embracing her in a dim interior.

Three Lovers

about 1817-1820

Painted sketch of galloping horses and nude men racing past classical columns in a dusty street.

The Race of the Riderless Horses

1817

Painting of a woman in a dark riding habit and green-ribboned hat on a piebald horse under a stormy sky.

Horsewoman

1820 or later

Painting of a severed male head resting on a wooden block with white cloth, against a dark background.

Head of a Guillotined Man

1818-19

Seated hussar trumpeter in red shako and white fur pelisse, holding a brass trumpet against a dark wall.

The trumpeter of the Orleans Hussars

1813

Oil painting of a grieving woman in a pale headscarf, hands clasped in prayer, tears on her cheeks, against a dark background

Mater dolorosa, Copy after Ribera

1811

Painting of a martyrdom scene in a forest with an executioner, a fallen robed figure, a fleeing man and a winged angel.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

1814

A Horse

Sketch of shipwreck survivors on a raft in stormy seas, with a torn sail and figures reaching toward a distant ship.

Esquisse du "Radeau de la Méduse"

1819

Painting of a cavalry officer in fur shako on a rearing grey horse with leopard-skin saddle, sabre raised, smoky battlefield

The Charging Chasseur

1812

Head of a lion

1819

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, wearing a blue scarf and dark coat, against a brown background.

Alexandre Colin

1816

Portrait of an elderly woman in a white headscarf and shawl against a dark background, painted in warm earth tones.

The Old Italian Woman

1824

Painting of four racehorses and jockeys galloping across a grassy field under a dark, stormy sky.

The .Epsom Derby in 1821

1821

Painting of shipwreck survivors on a crowded raft in a stormy sea, some waving cloth toward the horizon.

The Raft of the Medusa

1819

Painting of horses and carts beside a tiled-roof kiln building, with smoke rising under a dark, cloudy sky.

The kiln

1821

Oil painting of a wounded cavalry cuirassier in a plumed helmet and red-lined cape beside a rearing horse under a stormy sky.

The Wounded Cuirassier

1814

Painting of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and dark shawl with a red bodice, gazing sideways against a dark background.

Portrait of a demented woman

1819

Oil portrait of a bearded man with tousled dark hair and a white collar, gazing outward against a dark background.

Portrait of a Kleptomaniac

1820

Gray Horse

1812

Oil portrait study of a man with curly hair, white collar and blue jacket with red shoulder detail, against a dark background

Portrait Study

1818

Painting of a nude male warrior seated on a rock, holding a spear, with a mountain landscape and cloudy sky behind him.

Nude Warrior with a Spear

c. 1816

Painting of a mounted trumpeter in red and gold uniform on a dappled grey horse, with a second rider behind him in a dark set

Mounted Trumpeters of Napoleon's Imperial Guard

1813/1814

Oil sketch of a young man in a feathered bonnet and red plaid shawl holding a walking staff against a dark background.

L'Ecossais

1825

Dark sketch of two nude men lifting a laurel-crowned, white-bearded seated figure before a crowd and a classical temple.

Ovation d'Homère, esquisse. Sujet antique

Oil study of a bald, bearded man with mouth open in anguish, head tilted back, against a dark background.

Tête de supplicié

1810

Painting of a stormy Italian landscape with a round stone tower, a river with a stone bridge and boat, and distant mountains.

Paysage italien au tombeau

1818

Painting of riderless horses surging down a city street, held by grooms, with crowds watching from a draped stand.

Riderless Racers at Rome

1817

Dark forest landscape with sleeping figures in the foreground and a distant village under a glowing twilight sky.

Le Sommeil Des Paysans

1808