The Church of Saint Nicholas, Rouen
Medium
Lithograph on chine collé
Dimensions
sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45 x 31.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.517
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault|Charles Louis Lesaint|Godefroy Engelmann · 1791–1824
Théodore Géricault, born Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault on September 26, 1791, in Rouen, France, into a prosperous family—his father a lawyer turned tobacco merchant and his mother from a line of growers—moved to Paris around 1797. Displaying early artistic promise, recognized by painter Jean-Louis Laneuville, he began formal training in 1808 under Carle Vernet, mastering English sporting art...