Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)
Study of a wagon drawn by six horses
pencil on paper
19.4 x 40.1cm (7 5/8 x 15 13/16in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Collection of Marquis de Valori (1820-1883), Paris (L. 2500)
His sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13-14 February 1908
With Galerie M. Gobin, 1935 until at least 1953 (see exhibition catalogue)
Collection of Dr Alfred Scharf (1900-1965) and thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Théodore Géricault, 1791–1824, 30 August - 8 November 1953, cat. no. 130 (lent by M. Gobin)

We are grateful to Philippe Grunchec for confirming the attribution to Gericault upon physical inspection.

Dr Alfred Scharf was an art historian, collector and art dealer who emigrated from Berlin to London in 1933, and he remained there for the rest of his life.

The sheet of laid paper has been hinged to the mount with two tabs on the reverse. The sheet was glued to a previous mount round all four edges and the vestiges of this are visible on the back. The sheet is very slightly cockled and there is slight discolouration all over, more so around the extreme edges. There is a 1 cm repaired tear in the upper left corner. There is a collector's mark in the lower left corner.