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Head of a Man [recto]
Théodore Gericault · pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on wove paper
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About this picture
Head of a Man [recto] is a public-domain drawing by Théodore Gericault. Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Head of a Man [recto]” (date not listed) is by Géricault or a print after a picture of his. Many of the sheets are lithographs of horses or studies of the body, not the Raft.
About the artist
Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) was a French Romantic painter. The Raft of the Medusa is the famous canvas. He also made lithographs of horses and of people in hospitals.
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