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Circle of Théodore Géricault
A standing male nude, pulling a rope
Lot Closed
February 2, 03:59 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Circle of Théodore Géricault
A standing male nude, pulling a rope
oil on canvas
unframed: 82.9 x 65 cm.; 33 7/8 x 25 1/2 in.
framed: 97.2 x 58.7 cm.; 38 1/4 x 21 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 9 July 1965, lot 1 (as Gericault);
Where acquired by George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923-2011), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire;
Harewood House sale, London, Christie’s, 5 December 2012, lot 520 (as Circle of Gericault), where acquired.
G. Bazin, Theodore Géricault, Paris 1987, vol. II, p. 364, cat. no. 123, reproduced (as artist unknown).
Previously attributed to Géricault, this is one of three variants of an academy composition painted in the studio of Pierre-Narcisse-Guérin. Because of the similarity in the composition, two of these were quite likely painted in the same sitting. One of the three, apparently of a different model, was painted by Géricault and is today in the Musée Bonnat, Bayonne (inv. no. 78);1 the other, also previously attributed to Géricault, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 52.71).2 Historically, these paintings have all been confused with the Bayonne picture - the pose in all three canvases is nearly identical, though in the work by Géricault the model is shown standing in water. The perspective in this version indicates that this was painted by a pupil of Guérin who would have been standing to the right of the artist who painted the work in the Metropolitan Museum during the same studio session.
1 https://webmuseo.com/ws/musee-bonnat-helleu/app/collection/record/772