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Théodore Géricault

271 works

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Painting of a horse-drawn cart loaded with coal on a muddy road under a stormy sky, with a man leading the horses.

Kohlenwagen

1821

Oil painting of a lioness lying alert on the ground beneath a dark rock overhang, with grass and distant hills.

Prowling lioness

Painting of a mounted hussar in a red and black shako and fur pelisse on a grey horse, against a cloudy landscape.

Trumpeter of the Hussars

1815

Oil painting of a youth with long hair and a white collar, half the face in shadow against a dark background.

Portrait Study of a Youth

1819

Oil portrait of a young man in a feathered bonnet and red tartan shawl, holding a staff against a dark background.

L'Ecossais

1800

Cheval brun à l'écurie

1818

Painting of a seated nude man resting on a stool, one foot on a crate, against a dark brown background.

Study of a nude man

Oil painting of a chestnut horse with a white blaze standing in a stall beside a wooden rail, in warm earth tones.

Dervish in His Stall

1820

Oil portrait of a woman with dark curly hair, white collar and red garment, half of her face in shadow.

Portrait de Suzanne

1817

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair, dark coat, white cravat and a red rose, in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait of Siméon Bonnesoeur-Bourginière

1812

Oil painting of a seated nude male warrior gripping a spear, looking right against a hazy mountain landscape.

Nude Warrior with a Spear

1816

Oil sketch of two horses, a grey and a bay, on a dirt path under a stormy sky with trees.

Two Horses

1808

Painting of mounted trumpeters in red uniforms and plumed helmets on grey horses against a dark background.

Mounted Trumpeters of Napoleon's Imperial Guard

1813

Oil portrait of a young man with curly hair, white collar, black bow and gold brooch against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Man

1818

Brown Horse

Pferd im Gewitter

1820

Head of a Youth

1821

Painting of a black horse with a checkered saddle cloth led by a groom in a red waistcoat at a stable door.

The horse is out of the stable

1810

Painted academic study of a standing male nude leaning on a wooden block against a dark background, in a gilded frame.

Académie d'homme

1808

Painting of a young man in white tunic and tan cloak resting his head on his hand on a rock by the sea under a dark sky.

Jeune grec endormi sur un rocher au bord de la mer

Painting of Napoleon in green coat pointing while riding a grey horse beside a mounted officer in a dark battlefield landscap

Napoléon donnant un ordre à un officier supérieur des Guides

1812

Oil sketch of a man on his deathbed in white sheets, with a green headwrap and bloodstains, beside a red curtain.

General Letellier on His Deathbed DP-23958-001

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

Lithograph of a party of life guards: a mounted officer with a plumed helmet talks to a standing soldier beside several horse

A Party of Life Guards, plate 5 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone

1821

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

Lithograph of a man in a top hat leading three horses across a shadowed ground, one horse with dark patches.

Horses Being Led to the Skinner

1823

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