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Seated lion, two lion head studies
Théodore Géricault1812 - 1814
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The drawings in his sketchbooks show that Théodore Géricault had to laboriously develop and practice his ideas in order to later produce paintings that seemed easy and assured. Here he practiced drawing a lion's head and reclining body.
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- Title: Seated lion, two lion head studies
- Creator: Théodore Géricault
- Date Created: 1812 - 1814
- Physical Dimensions: 15.2 × 10.6 cm (6 × 4 3/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Graphite
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 95.GD.40.46
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791 - 1824)
- Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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