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Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)
A Mameluke retrieving his lance (recto); A Sibyl displaying the glories of Rome to a group of warriors [?] (verso)
Details
Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)
A Mameluke retrieving his lance (recto); A Sibyl displaying the glories of Rome to a group of warriors [?] (verso)
pencil, pen and brown ink, brown wash
6¾ x 8¾ in. (17.2 x 22 cm.)
A Mameluke retrieving his lance (recto); A Sibyl displaying the glories of Rome to a group of warriors [?] (verso)
pencil, pen and brown ink, brown wash
6¾ x 8¾ in. (17.2 x 22 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 2 December 1988, lot 400.
with Agnew's, London, 1989.
James Fairfax, Bowral, New South Wales.
with Agnew's, London, 1989.
James Fairfax, Bowral, New South Wales.
Literature
G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault, Paris, 1989, III, pp. 61, 204-5, nos. 871 and 872.
Exhibited
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, The James Fairfax Collection of Old Master Paintings, Drawings and Prints, 2003, no. 23.
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