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Théodore Géricault

271 works

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Worn green sketchbook cover with a handwritten paper label in the upper right corner.

Sketchbook

1812-1814

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing hatched foliage and branch shapes spreading diagonally across the sheet.

Studies of clouds

1812-1814

Lithograph of a rider on a galloping horse beside a second horse in a brick-walled stable yard.

Horses Exercising

1821

Lithograph of a grey Hanoverian horse with a striped blanket held by a groom in a stable interior.

Cheval d'Hanovre (A Hanoverian Horse)

1822

Lithograph of a man in a hat leading three horses across open ground, rendered in grey tones.

Trois chevaux conduits à l'écorcheur (Three Horses Being Led to the Slaughterhouse)

1823

Cheval gris-pommelé (A Dapple-Gray Horse)

1817

Print of a lion attacking a fallen horse beside a rocky cave, drawn with fine hatching lines.

Lion dévorant un cheval (A Lion Devouring a Horse)

1820

Pencil sketch of a saddled horse walking right, with a faint second horse study at left on pale paper.

Sketch of a Horse

1817

Drawing of a horse-drawn cart full of soldiers in military caps, with a man walking beside it leaning on a cane.

Chariot chargé de soldats blessés (A Wagon Full of Wounded Soldiers)

1818

Line engraving of an English jockey in a top hat riding a horse along a path, with trees and buildings in the distance.

Jockey anglais (An English Jockey)

1820

Lithograph of a Swiss sentry by a wall as a crutch-using man in a top hat walks past in a city street.

Swiss Sentry at the Louvre

1819

Lithograph of a soldier in a shako standing on an ammunition wagon, gesturing forward beside a fallen horse and mounted offic

Munitiewagen

1818

Lithograph of a bagpiper in a long cloak and hat playing beside a small dog near a stone wall and arched doorway.

The Piper, plate one from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone

1821

Sepia lithograph of two soldiers, one mounted and one in a tall fur hat, walking through snow with a dog and marching troops

Return from Russia

c. 1818

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

1816-17

Pencil sketch of a charioteer and horseman with horses and a dog on grey paper.

Charioteer and Horseman

early 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of six figure studies, including seated mother and child, reclining figure and standing nude.

Six Figure Studies, including four for "The Poor Italian Family"

1816-17

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat riding a horse, with a study of a horse's head in the upper left.

Man on Horseback, and Study of Horse's Head

19th century

Brown wash drawing of turbaned horsemen in combat on galloping horses, with a distant city of domes and minarets behind them.

Combat of Oriental Horsemen

1822-23

Pencil drawing of a plumed-helmet soldier mounting a saddled horse, with mounted figures and a building in the background.

Soldier Mounting a Horse

1808 (?)

Grey wash drawing of two harnessed draft horses beside a sleeping driver, under a dark sky with a distant windmill.

Two Draft Horses with a Sleeping Driver

1820-22

Pencil sketch of soldiers and figures, with a cloaked crouching man at right and a helmeted soldier at left.

Fallen Soldiers

ca. 1818

Lithograph of a turbaned man with his arm on an Arabian horse, with palm trees and a tent in the desert behind them.

An Arabian Horse

1821

Engraved print of a groom in a top hat riding a dark horse with raised legs on a cobbled street beside a stone wall.

Groom Mounted on a Carriage-Horse (Cheval de carrosse monte par un palfrenier)

1820

Lithograph of a horse-drawn coal cart loaded with sacks, a man leading the team, under a stormy sky.

The Coal Waggon

1821

Lithograph of a mounted officer in a plumed helmet speaking with a standing soldier, with a line of cavalry horses behind the

A Party of Life Guards

1821

Lithograph of a mounted herder with a long spear driving bulls across rocky ground, a second rider and a dog behind.

Butchers of Rome

1817

Lithograph of two bandaged and uniformed soldiers with a horse and dog in snow, figures retreating in the background.

Retreat from Russia (Retour de Russie)

1818

Watercolor landscape with a blue mountain, a hillside village, a leaning tree, and fishermen hauling a boat on rocks.

Landscape with Fishermen

1818

Lithograph of two harnessed draft horses beside an arched door with two children and buildings behind them.

Farm Horses

1823

Lithograph of a horse team pulling a loaded coal cart up a rocky hill, with a driver walking beside the lead horse.

Le Chariot de Charbon (The Coal Wagon)

1822

Lithograph of a man with a cane and wooden leg passing a Swiss sentry at a doorway, with a crowd and domed building behind.

The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre (Le factionnaire Suisse au Louvre)

1818