DrawingsFrench, Burgundian19th century

Figure Study (Death of Hector?)

c. 1817

Artists

Théodore GéricaultArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over graphite on heavy tan wove paper

Culture

French, Burgundian

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.7 x 23.9 cm (11 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Pierre-Olivier Dubaut (Lugt 2103b), Paris, sold [through Martin Birnbaum]; to Grenville L. Winthop, 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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