French painter, draughtsman, lithographer and
sculptor. He experienced the exaltation of Napoleon’s
triumphs in his boyhood, reached maturity at the time of
the empire’s agony and ended his career of little more
than 12 working years in the troubled early period of
the Restoration. When he died, he was known to the
public only by the three paintings he had exhibited at
the Salon in Paris, the Charging Chasseur (1812;
Paris, Louvre), the Wounded Cuirassier
Leaving the Field of Battle (1814; Paris, Louvre)
and the Raft of the Medusa (1819; Paris, Louvre), and by a handful of lithographs.
Madwoman Musée des Beaux-Arts at London
An Officer of the Chasseurs Commanding a Charge
1812
Oil on canvas, 349 x 266 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Riderless Horse Races
1817
Oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Man with Delusions of Military Command
1819-22
Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm
Private collection
A Madwoman and Compulsive Gambler
c. 1822
Oil on canvas, 77 x 65 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Portrait of a Kleptomaniac
c. 1820
Oil on canvas, 61,2 x 50,2 cm
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent
The Epsom Derby
1821
Oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Wreck
1821-24
Oil on canvas, 19 x 25 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Plaster Kiln
1822-23
Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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