The Rescue of a Drowned Man (recto); Study of a Horse (verso)

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Théodore Géricault (French, Rouen 1791–1824 Paris)
Date: ca. 1817–18
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 9-5/8 x 11-7/8 in. (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Giuseppe Gazzoni-Frascara, in memory of Idarica Gazzoni-Frascara, 2001
Accession no.: 2001.379a, b

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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001551
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault
c. 1818 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002770