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Tragic Scene (recto); Murder Scene (verso)
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Scene of the Plague (Drame de la Peste)
Tragic Scene (recto); Murder Scene (verso)
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)
1808–12
Medium/Technique
Black chalk with white watercolor, and black wash on brown paper (recto);
black chalk on brown paper (verso)
black chalk on brown paper (verso)
Dimensions
Overall: 29.8 x 49 cm (11 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Framed: 53.3 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm (21 x 28 x 2 in.)
Framed: 53.3 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm (21 x 28 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession Number68.565a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Marks
Stamped in black ink at lower left both recto and verso -- mark of Pierre Olivier Dubaut (Lugt suppl. 2103b)
ProvenanceCh. Martine (or Martyne) (1876-1936, Paris, cf. Lugt suppl. 1800); possibly sold at auction, Paris, 24 May 1939; Pierre Olivier Dubaut (1886-1968, Paris, Lugt suppl. 2103b); Walter Goetz (E.V. Thaw and Company, New York); 1968, sold by E.V. Thaw and Company to the MFA for $14,000. (Accession Date: September 11, 1968)