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| Lions in a Mountainous Landscape |
Artist:Théodore Gericault (French, Rouen 1791–1824 Paris)
Date:ca. 1818–20
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:19 x 23 1/2 in. (48.3 x 59.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Purchase, Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Funds and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2011
Accession Number:2011.5
This vigorous painting of six lions in a remote, spectrally illuminated lair—possibly intended to evoke the Atlas Mountains of Morocco—is an extraordinary example of Gericault’s spontaneous handling of paint. Rather than applying finishing touches to make a polished cabinet picture, the artist left the painting in a state known as an ébauche, a work prized for its strength of directly capturing a subject or effect. Until its acquisition by the Museum, the composition was known only by means of a replica (Musée du Louvre, Paris), which is thought to have been painted by an artist in Gericault’s circle.
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