The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre (Le factionnaire Suisse au Louvre)

1818

Théodore Gericault

Associated Names
Théodore Gericault

Artist, French, 1791 - 1824

This is a drawing of several men in front of a grand building. The men are dressed in top hats and long coats. One man with a walking stick is raising his coat to reveal something. Another man nearby is dressed in a military-style uniform and carrying a musket. The background shows a large domed structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 15, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65367350

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