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Théodore Géricault

271 works

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Pencil sketch page with weapon studies, a helmeted rider with lance, a helmet detail, and a castle scene at upper right.

Weapon studies, compositional study of castle scene

1812-1814

Pencil sketchbook page with a seated figure, tassels, a horse head and a charging horseman in studies.

Tassels, seated figure from behind chair, thumbnail study of Charging Chasseur

1812-1814

Pencil sketches on a sketchbook page showing a lion's leg, paws and head in several studies.

Various studies of lion leg, paws and head

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a man on a rearing horse with a separate study of a horse's hind legs above.

Man on a rearing horse, study of hind legs of horse

1812-1814

Pencil sketches on a page of a man beside a rearing horse, with several quick studies of horses in motion.

Six studies for man beside a rearing horse

1812-1814

Sketches of head and hind legs of a lion

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a standing cavalier with handwritten ink notes and ruled staff lines on a page.

Standing cavalier, continuation of letter

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of nude men in combat poses, with faint studies of limbs and figures on a rotated sheet.

Studies of nude men in combat

1812-1814

Lion walking, face of lion

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a seated lion with dense diagonal hatching on its body and a raised paw, on an aged page.

Seated lion

1812-1814

Pencil sketches of a nude man drawing a bow and arrow, with a faint horse and rider at lower right.

Three studies of a nude man with bow and arrow, standing cavalier

1812-1814

Seated lion, two lion head studies

1812-1814

Pencil sketch on sketchbook page with three studies of figure groups, including a standing man and horsemen.

Three compositional studies of figure group

1812-1814

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling nude man and a seated woman reaching out, with faint figure studies behind.

Classical Nudes (recto); Classical Statuary (verso)

about 1814-1815

Figure studies

1812-1814

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing tree trunks and foliage drawn with loose hatched shading.

Landscape with a row of trees

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of three entwined figures standing on a mound, drawn on a cream page.

Group of three figures

1812-1814

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing two lions, one with a full mane at lower left and a muscular body with paws.

Pair of lions

1812-1814

Black-and-white lithograph of shipwreck survivors crowded on a raft with a torn sail, reaching toward a distant ship.

Shipwreck of the Medusa

1820

Pencil sketch of horse tack studies including a bridle, fringed tassels, and a horse's leg and hoof.

Horse Studies and Tassels

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a walking lion with a separate study of a lioness head above it, on a small page.

Lion walking, head of a lioness

1812-1814

Watercolor of a dark sailboat battling a stormy sea with a breaking white wave and a distant ship under a brown sky.

Sailboat on a Raging Sea

about 1818-1819

Lithograph of a crowded wagon of soldiers pulled by two harnessed horses, with a cane-carrying man at left.

Wagon Laden with Wounded Soldiers

1818

Pencil drawing of a soldier in a shako standing on a caisson, pointing forward beside a fallen horse and mounted troops.

The Artillery Caisson

1818

Lithograph of three draft horses in harness leaving a brick archway, led by two men with a whip, cobbled street.

Entrance to the Adelphi Wharf, plate 11 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone

1821

Pencil sketch of cavalry horses and riders in battle, drawn in loose overlapping lines on a small cream page.

Cavalry battle

1812-1814

Graphite sketch of a lion hunt with overlapping horses and riders, plus small architectural interior studies above.

Two compositional studies of a lion hunt

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a cavalry skirmish with overlapping horses and riders on cream paper, a rider at upper right.

Cavalry skirmish with four horsemen

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a lion head with a hatched mane on a sketchbook page, with faint outlines of a seated lion below.

Head on view of seated lion

1812-1814

Standing cavalier

1812-1814

Two pencil studies of a rearing horse on a cream sketchbook page with a green spine edge.

Two studies of a rearing horse

1812-1814

Pencil sketch of two lions on a sketchbook page, one looking up and one resting with its head lowered.

Two lion studies

1812-1814