DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

The Cipher of Love

18th-19th century

Artists

Henri-Joseph de ForestierArtist

Théodore GéricaultPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wash and white gouache over graphite and black chalk on brown wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.4 x 10.3 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.)

Provenance

J.P. Heseltine (sale, London, Sotheby's, 27-29 May, 1935, no. 239, repr., as Géricault; L. 1508); Martin Birnbaum for Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935; bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943

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