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Style of Théodore Géricault
French, 1791–1824
Study after "Trumpeter of the Hussars"
c. 1815–27

Image Caption

Style of Théodore Géricault, Study after "Trumpeter of the Hussars", c. 1815–27, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.745
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
14 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (35.7 x 27 cm) Original dimensions: 12 13/16 x 9 9/16 in. (32.5 x 24.3 cm)
Object Number
1955.745
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View

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Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York.. Théodore Géricault. April 7-May 23, 1987. Charles Blanc.. Le Trésor de la curiosité tiré des catalogues de ventes de tableaux, dessins, estampes, livres.. Paris: Ve J. Renouard.. 1857-58.. Charles Blanc.. Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles. 14 vols.. Paris: Librairie Renouard.. 1861-76.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Grunchec, Philippe. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Géricault. Classiques de l'art. Paris: Flammarion, 1978. Grunchec, Philippe. "Géricault: problèmes de méthode."Revue de l'art 43 (Editions du C.N.R.S., 1979): 37-58. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Grand Palais, Paris.. Géricault. Sept. 26, 1991-Jan. 6, 1992.. 1991.. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. Bazin, Germain. Le retour à Paris: Synthèse d'expériences plastiques. Vol. 5 of Théodore Géricault: Etude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné. Paris: Bibliothèque des Arts, 1992. Watson, Wendy M., and Thomas Branchick. Altered States: Conservation, Analysis and the Interpretation of Works of Art. Exhibition catalogue. South Hadley, MA: Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, 1994. Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.

Provenance

Probably Paul Barroilhet, Paris (his sale, Drouot, Paris, 12 Mar. 1855, no. 38, as La vedette, sold to Mercier); Robert Sterling Clark (by 1952–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.