Lot 168: ANTOINE JEAN-BAPTISTE THOMAS | Greek warrior wounded

oil on paper laid down on canvas

16,2 x 22 cm ; 6 3/8 by 8 3/4 in.

oil on paper laid down on canvas

- numerous chips are missing (visible on the photograph) ; some damages may have caused tears on the paper beneath - several blisters on the man's figure - a certain number of old restored tears on the borders
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Philippe Grunchec, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1978, pp. 136-137, n°A89 (as attributed to) ;
Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault, Paris, 1989, Tome II, p. 516, n°567 (as unknown artist) ;
Philippe Grunchec, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1991, pp. 137-138, n°A89 (as Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Thomas)

Lipchitz ;
Pierre Dubaut ;
Sale, Blot Collection, June 1938 ;
Purchased at the above by Georges Renand, Paris ;
Edouard and Jeannine Chapet, Paris, by descent