DrawingsFrench19th century

Mameluke Soldier Holding a Lance

1820-1824

Artists

Théodore GéricaultArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.5 x 24.9 cm (13 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Provenance

De l'Aage; Marmontel; Alfred Beurdeley, Paris; Scott and Fowles, sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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