Géricault
Date1969
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 16 11/16 × 13 5/8 in. (42.4 × 34.6 cm)
sheet: 29 7/8 x 23 1/2 in. (75.9 x 59.7 cm)
sheet: 29 7/8 x 23 1/2 in. (75.9 x 59.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-15
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBaskin's portrait of French romantic painter Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) is probably based on his death mask-a cast of his face made shortly after he died. Best known for his gruesome painting, The Raft of the Medusa, 1818–1819, Géricault was also an accomplished lithographer.
