A Sheet of Studies: A Winged Demon Wrestling Two Snakes and Two Foreshortened Studies of Figures (recto)

Date

ca. 1816-1817

Creator

Théodore Géricault

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

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)

Creator

Théodore Géricault (French, 1791 - 1824)

Date

ca. 1816-1817

Classification

Drawings

Accession number

2014.061.233.a

Subject

Serpentes

wings

Access

Not on view, please request access

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

Metadata

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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)

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