Portrait of an African Man (Primary Title)

Théodore Géricault, French, 1791 - 1824 (Artist)

1819
French
oil on canvas
Overall: 21 9/16 × 17 7/8 in. (54.77 × 45.4 cm)
Framed: 30 7/8 × 27 × 3 7/8 in. (78.42 × 68.58 × 9.84 cm)
2021.184
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund, by exchange, Gift of the Estate of John E. Stone in memory of Nelly C. (Nono) Stone, by exchange, Gift of B. Gerald Cantor, by exchange, and Gift of the Josephine Bay Paul and Michael Paul Foundation, Inc., and the Charles Ulrick and Joseph Bay Foundation, Inc., by exchange
Au cœur de la création romantique. Études pour le Radeau de la Méduse, Clermont-Ferrand, musée d’art Roger Quillot, 2 June-2 September 2012.

Géricault, Images of Life and Death, Francfort, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, and Ghent, Museum voor Schonen Kunsten, 18 October 2013- 25 May 2014.

Le modèle noir. De Géricault à Matisse, Paris, Musée d’Orsay, and Pointe-à-Pitre, ACTe Memorial, 26 March- 19 December 2019.

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