Boxeurs (The Boxers)

1818

Théodore Gericault

Artist, French, 1791 - 1824

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.3 x 41.8 cm (13 7/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.5 x 49.8 cm (16 5/16 x 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.169

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 10, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E. Bouvy (Lugt Supp.828b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Master Prints from Washington Private Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 37.

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

1988

  • Drawings on Stone: Early European Lithography, NGA, 1988.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

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: Lith.ie de C.Motte Rue des Marais fg. St Gn.; lower center in plate: Boxeurs

Wikidata ID

Q74070778

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