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    General of the First Empire Giving his Cavalry Orders to Charge
    Théodore Géricault. General of the First Empire Giving his Cavalry Orders to Charge, n.d.. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00004507

    General of the First Empire Giving his Cavalry Orders to Charge

    by Théodore Géricault

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Provenance

    Jean-Jacques-Nicolas Montcimet de Musigny (died 1843); sold, Paris, March 7-8, 1845, lot 59 [according to Bazin 1994]. Baron (Ferdinand?) Hamelin, by 1924 [Paris 1924]. Sold, Paris, May 15, 1950, to Pierre Dubaut (died 1968), Paris [according to New York 1986]; Pierre Dubaut, to at least 1957 [Paris 1957]. Sold by Walter Goetz, New York, to the Art Institute, 1960.

    Exhibition history

    Paris, Galerie Charpentier, "Géricault," 1924, cat. 341. Paris, Galerie Bignou, "Géricault cet Inconnu," 1950, cat. 78. London, Marlborough, "Géricault," 1952, cat. 39. Kunstmuseum Winterthur, "Géricault," August 30-November 8, 1953, cat. 144. Paris, Galerie Charpentier, "Cent Chefs d'Oeuvre de l'Art Français," 1957, cat. K. Santa Barbara, Calif., Santa Barbara Museum of Art, "Painted Papers: Watercolors from Dürer to the Present," March 15-April 15, 1962, cat. 47. New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 80, pl. XXVIII. St Louis, Mo., Washington University Gallery of Art, "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Artists and Draughtsmen," March 13–April 8, 1966, no cat. Palm Beach, Fla., Society of Four Arts, "Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," January 5–27, 1974, cat. 21. New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, "Master Drawings by Géricault," June 7-July 31, 1985, cat. 58; traveled to San Diego, Calif., the San Diego Museum of Art, August 31-October 20, 1985. Paris, Galeries Nationaux du Grand Palais, "Géricault," September 24, 1991-January 14, 1992, cat. 277.

    Publications

    "Notable Works of Art Now on the Market," The Burlington Magazine (December 1952) (ill.). "Accessions of American and Canadian Museums," The Art Quarterly (1960), pp. 186 and 196 (ill.). Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth Century (Chicago, 1979), p. 64, no. 3C1. Lorenz Eitner, "Exhibition Reviews," The Burlington Magazine (January 1986), p. 59. Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault, V (Paris, 1992), no. 1515.

    Open-access museum data

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault / French, 1791-1824
    Date
    n.d.
    Medium
    Watercolor, with red chalk and graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream board
    Dimensions
    53.5 × 45 cm (21 1/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    watercolor
    Place
    France
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund
    Accession no.
    1960.8

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