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Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art
Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault (1791–1824)
Gallery 801 · Horace Vernet · probably 1822 or 1823 · Met web page
Horace Vernet's portrait of the Romantic painter Théodore Géricault, painted around 1822-1823 when Géricault was dying of disease. A portrait of a dying artist, rendered with unflinching honesty.
Gallery 800 → Gallery 801
To Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault (1791–1824)
From gallery 800, move to the adjacent gallery 801, where this portrait is displayed. The proximity of Rodin's monumental Eve and Vernet's intimate portrait creates a powerful contrast between different artistic responses to mortality.