Harvard Art Museums > 2021.191: Sketch for Portrait of Olivier Bro Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketch for Portrait of Olivier Bro (Théodore Géricault) , 2021.191,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/359179. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2021.191 People Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris) Title Sketch for Portrait of Olivier Bro Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1818-1819 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/359179 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink on off-white laid paper Dimensions 6.2 × 5.7 cm (2 7/16 × 2 1/4 in.) mount: 9.2 × 7.5 cm (3 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.) frame: 21.1 × 19.1 × 3.7 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 1 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: mount, below drawing, brown ink: A mon ami / le Duc de Trévise / souvenir de l'enfant au chien / et du boule Dogue, par / Gericault. Bon Bro du Comères label: back of frame, octagonal label with blue border: [printed:] No. / [inscribed, graphite:] Duc de Trévise / et son cadre [?] Provenance Recorded Ownership History General Louis Bro (1781-1844), by descent; to his son, Olivier Bro de Comères (1813-1874), until at least 1924. [1] Édouard Napoléon César Edmond Mortier, Duc de Trévise (1883-1946), Paris, until at least 1939. [2] [Schaeffer Galleries, New York]. [Julius Weitzner, New York and London and R.L.]; [3] sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, 1952; The Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Trust, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021 [1] Baron Bro de Comères is listed as the owner of the related painting in the 1924 exhibition catalogue [2] Duc de Trévise is listed as the lender of the painting to the 1939 "French Romantic Artists" exhibition [3] According to the Weitzner stockbooks, a half share of the painting was owned with "R. L." Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection Accession Year 2021 Object Number 2021.191 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault: Etude critique, documents, et catalogue raisonné, Wildenstein Institute (Paris, France, 1987 -1997), vol. 5, p. 84, fig. 40, p. 245, no. 1737, repr. p. 245 (before and after stain and inscription) Exhibition History The Romantic Circle: French Romantic Painting, Delacroix and his Contemporaries, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 10/15/1952 - 11/30/1952 Mutiny: Works by Géricault, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019 Related Works 1965.287 Théodore Géricault Study for "Landscape with Fishermen" Drawings 1965.285 Théodore Géricault Mameluke Soldier Holding a Lance Drawings 1943.824 Théodore Géricault The Mutiny on the Raft of the Medusa Drawings 1943.826 Théodore Géricault The Entombment Drawings 1943.828 Théodore Géricault Figure Study (Death of Hector?) Drawings 1943.825 Théodore Géricault Studies of a Cat; verso: Study of a horse's hoof Drawings 1943.833 Théodore Géricault Family Group from "The Mutiny on the Raft of the Medusa" Drawings 1943.363 Théodore Géricault Groom and Horses Drawings 1943.367 Théodore Géricault Parents Mourning Over Their Dead Son Drawings 1943.364 Théodore Géricault Coal Wagon Hauled by Seven Horses; verso: Sketches of horses and a cart Drawings 1943.365 Théodore Géricault English Horse Guard Drawings 2021.192 Théodore Géricault Portrait of Olivier Bro Paintings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
