Le Giaour (The Infidel)

1820

Théodore Gericault

Artist, French, 1791 - 1824

Théodore Gericault

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.8 x 21.2 cm (5 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 x 36.1 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.58.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 71, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Prouté, Paris; purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Géricault.; lower right in plate: chez Gihaut b.ard des Italiens No. 5; lower center in plate: Le Giaour; lower right in plate: I. lith. de Villain

Wikidata ID

Q75125356

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