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, Mar 18, 2025, 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 The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/24/2025 - 08/17/2025 Related Objects Object Number 1965.287 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Study for "Landscape with Fishermen" Classification Drawings Object Number 1965.285 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Mameluke Soldier Holding a Lance Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.824 Artist Théodore Géricault Title The Mutiny on the Raft of the Medusa Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.826 Artist Théodore Géricault Title The Entombment Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.828 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Figure Study (Death of Hector?) Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.825 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Studies of a Cat; verso: Study of a horse's hoof Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.833 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Family Group from "The Mutiny on the Raft of the Medusa" Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.363 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Groom and Horses Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.367 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Parents Mourning Over Their Dead Son Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.364 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Coal Wagon Hauled by Seven Horses; verso: Sketches of horses and a cart Classification Drawings Object Number 1943.365 Artist Théodore Géricault Title English Horse Guard Classification Drawings Object Number 2021.192 Artist Théodore Géricault Title Portrait of Olivier Bro Classification 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
