Crossing of Mount Saint Bernard (Translation)
Passage du Mont-Saint-Bernard (Primary Title)
Théodore Géricault, French, 1791 - 1824 (Artist)
Charles Etienne Motte, French, 1785 - 1836 (Lithographer)
Gift of Frank Raysor
Clément, Charles. "Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault -- pt. 1." Gazette des Beaux-arts 1st ser. 20 (1866): 521-541.
Comments: Continued in [GBA.], 1st ser. 21 (1866): 72-78.
Entries: 101 (catalogued total, both parts of article). Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 72-78. Described (selection).
Clément, Charles. "Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault -- pt. 2." Gazette des Beaux-arts 1st ser. 21 (1866): 72-78.
Comments: Continuation of [GBA.] 1st ser. 20 (1866): 521-541.
Entries: 101 (catalogued total, both parts of article). Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 72-78. Described (selection).
Clément, Charles. Géricault; étude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maître 1st ed. (Paris: Didier et Cie, 1868).
Entries: 101. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 410-423. Millimeters. Inscriptions.
Clément, Charles. Géricault; étude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maître 2nd ed. (Paris: Didier et Cie, 1879).
Comments: Reprint with revisions by Lorenz Eitner; Paris: L. Laget, 1973. [MWiCA].
Entries: 101 lithographs, 1 etching. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Located (selection). Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 410-423. Inscriptions (selection). Described (selection).
Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes (Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892) vol. VII, pp. 89-102.
Comments: 12 vols. Beraldi does not provide complete catalogues for all of the artists he lists. Riggs indexed all artists listed by Beraldi, but provides only a volume and page reference for those not fully catalogued.
Entries: 102. Paper fold measure. Described (selection).
Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906-1926) vol. XVIII.
Comments: 31 vols. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions Ltd., Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.
Entries: 97 prints by, 8 doubtful and rejected prints. Millimeters. Inscriptions (selection). States. Described (selection). Illustrated. Located (selection).
Laran, Jean et al. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1930-ongoing) vol. 9, pp. 53-59 [MH-FA].
Comments: 15 vols. Lists prints in the Bibliothèque nationale, and for many artists this is equivalent to a complete or nearly complete oeuvre-catalogue. The Print Council Index indicates only the number of entries, but often the catalogue also gives dimensions (millimeters), inscriptions, states and descriptions.
Entries: 35+.
Spencer, Kate (compiler). The graphic art of Gericault (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1969).
Entries: Additional information to [Del.].
Joannides, Paul. "Towards the dating of Géricault's lithographs." The Burlington Magazine 116 no. 847 (October 1973): 666-671 [MWAM].
Entries: unnumbered. Additional information and corrections to Clement (1879), [Del.], and Spencer (1969)
Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen. Géricault, tout l'oeuvre gravé et pièces en rapport (Musée des beaux-arts: Rouen, 1981) Exhibition Catalog: Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen. [MH-FA].
Comments: Also a Hungarian edition (Budapest : Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, 1982) [MWiCA].
Entries: 101. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Illustrated. Located. Bibliography for each entry.
Bazin, Germain. Théodore Géricault, etude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné (Paris: Bibliothèque des arts, 1987-1997) [MH-FA].
Comments: 7 vols. Vol. 7 includes indexes by title and subject.
Entries: 2,778 works in all media including paintings, drawings and lithographs, all arranged chronologically. Millimeters. Described. Illustrated. Publisher identified. Located. Bibliography for each entry.
Comments: Continued in [GBA.], 1st ser. 21 (1866): 72-78.
Entries: 101 (catalogued total, both parts of article). Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 72-78. Described (selection).
Clément, Charles. "Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault -- pt. 2." Gazette des Beaux-arts 1st ser. 21 (1866): 72-78.
Comments: Continuation of [GBA.] 1st ser. 20 (1866): 521-541.
Entries: 101 (catalogued total, both parts of article). Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 72-78. Described (selection).
Clément, Charles. Géricault; étude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maître 1st ed. (Paris: Didier et Cie, 1868).
Entries: 101. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 410-423. Millimeters. Inscriptions.
Clément, Charles. Géricault; étude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maître 2nd ed. (Paris: Didier et Cie, 1879).
Comments: Reprint with revisions by Lorenz Eitner; Paris: L. Laget, 1973. [MWiCA].
Entries: 101 lithographs, 1 etching. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Located (selection). Also, list of prints after, unnumbered, pp. 410-423. Inscriptions (selection). Described (selection).
Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes (Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892) vol. VII, pp. 89-102.
Comments: 12 vols. Beraldi does not provide complete catalogues for all of the artists he lists. Riggs indexed all artists listed by Beraldi, but provides only a volume and page reference for those not fully catalogued.
Entries: 102. Paper fold measure. Described (selection).
Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906-1926) vol. XVIII.
Comments: 31 vols. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions Ltd., Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.
Entries: 97 prints by, 8 doubtful and rejected prints. Millimeters. Inscriptions (selection). States. Described (selection). Illustrated. Located (selection).
Laran, Jean et al. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1930-ongoing) vol. 9, pp. 53-59 [MH-FA].
Comments: 15 vols. Lists prints in the Bibliothèque nationale, and for many artists this is equivalent to a complete or nearly complete oeuvre-catalogue. The Print Council Index indicates only the number of entries, but often the catalogue also gives dimensions (millimeters), inscriptions, states and descriptions.
Entries: 35+.
Spencer, Kate (compiler). The graphic art of Gericault (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1969).
Entries: Additional information to [Del.].
Joannides, Paul. "Towards the dating of Géricault's lithographs." The Burlington Magazine 116 no. 847 (October 1973): 666-671 [MWAM].
Entries: unnumbered. Additional information and corrections to Clement (1879), [Del.], and Spencer (1969)
Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen. Géricault, tout l'oeuvre gravé et pièces en rapport (Musée des beaux-arts: Rouen, 1981) Exhibition Catalog: Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen. [MH-FA].
Comments: Also a Hungarian edition (Budapest : Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, 1982) [MWiCA].
Entries: 101. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Illustrated. Located. Bibliography for each entry.
Bazin, Germain. Théodore Géricault, etude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné (Paris: Bibliothèque des arts, 1987-1997) [MH-FA].
Comments: 7 vols. Vol. 7 includes indexes by title and subject.
Entries: 2,778 works in all media including paintings, drawings and lithographs, all arranged chronologically. Millimeters. Described. Illustrated. Publisher identified. Located. Bibliography for each entry.
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