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Théodore Gericault

Boxeurs (The Boxers), 1818

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Medium

lithograph on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 10, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1985.64.169

Artists / Makers

Théodore Gericault (artist) French, 1791 - 1824

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

E. Bouvy (Lugt Supp.828b)

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

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.

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