DrawingsFrench19th century

Roman Herdsmen

1816-1817

Artists

Théodore GéricaultArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, brown wash and white gouache on brown wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.9 x 28.1 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Pierre-Olivier Dubaut, Paris, sold [through Martin Birnbaum]; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, 1933, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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