A Sheet of Studies: A Winged Demon Wrestling Two Snakes and Two Foreshortened Studies of Figures (recto); Study of a Young Man Running with a Bull (verso)

Géricault’s attraction to baroque artists is apparent in this sketchbook page. While the anatomy is exaggerated and the foreshortening unconvincing, the sheet does show the artist’s mastery of movement and his skill at using color and light, rather than line, to create form.

from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)

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Creator: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791 - 1824)
Date: ca. 1816-1817
Classification: Drawings
Related Location: Europe, France
Medium: Black and red chalk and graphite on oatmeal wove paper
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (19.05 x 24.77 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of John D. Reilly, ND '63, '64
Accession Number: 2014.061.233
Campus Location: Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Access: Not on view, please request access
Copyright Status: Public domain
Subject: Serpentes; wings
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