Theodore Géricault (1791-1824) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1990.91
People: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, French (Angers 1788 - 1856 Paris)
Title: Theodore Géricault (1791-1824)
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, relief
Date: 1830
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227232

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Technique

Relief

Dimensions

15 cm diam. (5 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.l.: David / 1830
inscription: above image, cast in: GERICAULT / PICTOR

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mr. James W. Fowle, Thetford Hill, VT, Purchased, 1948, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1990. See curatorial file, where donor notes he bought this medallion in a shop on Boulevard Raspail, Paris, in the winter of 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James Fowle in honor of Professor Frederick B. Deknatel
Accession Year: 1990
Object Number: 1990.91
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Théodore Gericault 1791-1824: A Bicentennial Exhibition, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/1991 - 08/04/1991
France and the Portrait, 1799-1870, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/1994 - 01/29/2002
The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005

Verification Level

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