Portrait of Théodore Géricault
Léon Cogniet · ca. 1824
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What the record supports
Léon Cogniet's "Portrait of Théodore Géricault" is a lithograph created around 1824. The sheet measures 12 × 9 1/4 inches (30.5 × 23.5 cm).
The artwork is classified as a print and is held within the Drawings and Prints department. It was acquired by The Elisha Whittelsey Collection through The Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 1961. Information regarding the culture, provenance, exhibitions, and literature for this specific piece is not provided in the catalogue record.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by Léon Cogniet, including another "Portrait of Théodore Géricault" (1824), "The Massacre of the Innocents" (1824), and "The Italian Brigand's Wife" (ca. 1825–26). Cogniet, a French painter, lived from 1794 to 1880.
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