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Théodore Géricault

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a French painter and lithographer. His best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa.

Palette: #A9926B #13110E #4A3924 #866031 #6B5639 #DECFAD #5F3F1D #D4B271

  • Lions in a Mountainous Landscape (ca. 1818-20): #3A251B #1B1613 #513420 #6B5133 #987E59 #2A291F
  • Horsewoman (1820): #404D45 #9F9576 #0B140F #798D87 #8A6A2E #B68F50
  • Three Lovers (ca. 1817-20): #0B0A06 #3B2B11 #1E1003 #5E4729 #2D1503 #231A08
  • Riderless Racers at Rome (1817): #261D17 #564C34 #7C5C3C #7E7151 #3E2F1D #583D1C
  • Der Trompeter der Orleans-Husaren: #2C2B26 #645032 #4F3220 #6E4320 #483B2C #91693B
  • A Madwoman and Compulsive Gambler (1822): #13120D #282116 #6C4A2E #3F3221 #9F846B #B36730
  • A Shipwreck: #121F1A #7D6826 #2F3B2B #C7AF56 #473B18 #F3E297
  • Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct (1818): #321D11 #403C38 #F5D4A3 #200F09 #593D1D #452411
  • Les Trois Crânes: #2A241C #8D7247 #61361C #452D1C #674D2E #B89D70
  • Portrait Study of a Youth (1819-20): #3C312A #644938 #D3BEA5 #8D6846 #27221F #BA976D
  • Course de Chevaux Montés, au Galop, Vers (ca. 1820-23): #BDAA6E #2B3829 #807C52 #CAD7C0 #3B351C #54664A
  • Nude Study. (1810-11): #160E06 #2E1305 #D2AA76 #805526 #B08049 #4A2A0D
  • Studies of Horses and a Blacksmith, for the Painting 'the Farrier: #CDBA90 #A0916B #746A47 #BBA066
  • Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault, Un Naufragio, 1817-18 Ca. 01 (ca. 1817-18): #231F14 #B29356 #806130 #433219 #59564F #5A380F
  • Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault, Un Naufragio, 1817-18 Ca. 02 (ca. 1817-18): #352413 #BD9452 #0E0C06 #1F170D #5B554D #8C6633
  • Firmenschild Für Einen Hufschmied, Detail: #8B4739 #BE905C #A16444 #67352D #4C2823 #7C4A39
  • Kohlenwagen: #7C5B47 #DBBE88 #583E31 #432E25 #A3825C #B79A6B
  • Le Cuirassier Blessé (1822): #777259 #312E2A #B5A57A #544F40 #8F7549 #664227
  • Lions in a Mountainous Landscape: #3A261B #1A1512 #593B22 #725A3C #9B825C #2A291F
  • Mater Dolorosa-Théodore Géricault (2021): #323236 #1B1C1E #AA8F74 #796856 #55463B #352B26
  • Etude de Dos pour le Radeau de la Méduse (d'Après le Modèle Joseph) (1818-19): #E4D9BE #C2B18D #78572E #503B24 #A1763C #C79C5A
  • Napoléon Par (2012): #5D492C #3A3225 #7B5C2B #5A5A4A #8D8E77 #241E18
  • Portrait of a Man By (1974): #857263 #291D1C #160E10 #D1BFAD #48362E #B29D8A
  • Two Horses: #1F2716 #616E60 #080E0B #3D3D1B #564618 #3F4A3C
  • 065 (38836951655) (2018): #D5BF95 #372F23 #554934 #A08C67 #78684B #F4E4C7
  • Head of a Youth: #161510 #4F321F #B1885C #85562B #33241A #D3C0A2
  • Portrait Study (abou): #130A08 #453F2D #312A1D #25180F #766647 #9F8F71
  • Three Lovers (1817): #18110D #9F8261 #764B24 #452011 #341B0F #592913
  • Auffahrende Artillerie: #3B342E #24201E #645040 #88725A #13110F #BEAE90
  • The Horse Is Out of the Stable (1810): #514643 #CDA675 #D69F62 #7B6350 #362F2F #A3815E
  • Riderless Racers at Rome (1817): #2B1D13 #170D0B #705F3A #8E5F3A #4E422B #9A825B
  • Study of a Head (firs): #111312 #BAA77F #3D332B #867156 #5E4E3D
  • Horse Race: #493E2C #695332 #907942 #2E2B25 #B28942 #111B1D
  • Corsa Libera di Cavalli, 1817 Ca (ca. 1817): #0F0A06 #6C4A2C #C28C4D #946639 #50311D #E2B37A
  • Il Gatto Bianco, 1817 Ca., Min (ca. 1817): #291912 #926B45 #BB985F #E7E1D3 #0E0908 #643E1D
  • Tête D'Oriental: #161618 #32261F #513727 #6A432E #B27348 #944F30
  • Le Chariot de Charbon (1821): #7D5D48 #53392D #D9BC87 #AB8B63 #3C2820
  • Cattle Market (1817): #C2BFB0 #413223 #7C623C #2A1E16 #A59064 #97948E
  • The White Horse Tavern (1821): #605138 #6A6F73 #211B16 #AE9B7E #897758 #413223
  • Portrait Study of a Youth (1819): #3F322B #D3BDA4 #694B38 #836143 #A37E55 #28221E
  • Portrait of a Negro (1822): #D13C2A #DCC8B2 #C0A388 #2D1519 #BF8A5E #A92F24
  • A Horse: #1F1A17 #38271B #D4C4A1 #958463 #503E2A #6A573D
  • Horsewoman (1822): #48534A #AFA280 #0B130E #BF9A59 #7D8F87 #977033
  • Mounted Jockey (1821): #596A6A #484E4B #8C6F48 #24241F #5F482F #3B211B
  • Scene from the Epidemic of Yellow Fever in Cadiz (1819): #251F17 #7C7154 #3F3424 #131111 #574D39 #B1A787
  • A Piebald Stallion: #0F0B06 #291C09 #3E2C0F #1C1404 #AA8A43 #D7B263
  • A Prancing Grey Horse (1812): #1A140A #0B0705 #292212 #3F3111 #634E1D #826D32
  • Grey Charger Harnessed with Blue Trappings: #120E08 #84713F #30230F #201607 #B3A164 #433313
  • The Grey Horse 'Telemachus: #BAB185 #221A06 #7F764B #141205 #5B532E #362908
  • The Stallion: #1C1408 #0C0503 #9A8541 #33260D #7B672A #BDA65D
  • The Stud Farm: #A39E83 #7F7456 #594E36 #3D2F19 #282215 #19160D
  • The Trumpeter of the Lancers of the Guard (1813): #473E29 #735B2D #2F291C #C8B57D #534220 #9F8550
  • Two Brown Horses in a Stall: #181812 #856B2A #574419 #2F2917 #463D25 #BA9F52
  • A Charge of Cuirassiers (1823): #967F48 #312A1A #463318 #CAAF69 #614212 #766131
  • Etude d'Un Homme Nu (Study of a Nude Man) (1810): #C5AA95 #623611 #491F07 #815327 #A77D57 #C2782A
  • Mater Dolorosa, Copy After Ribera (1811): #191417 #8F7662 #2B201B #BBA488 #4C3A2A #65513E
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Peter (1814): #3C2809 #503C12 #2C1C07 #405B55 #645C38 #745B22
  • Course de Chevaux Libres à Rome (1817): #0D0E15 #726E68 #31211C #23242C #444549 #999C96
  • Cheval Brun à L'Écurie (1818): #674F35 #211B1B #351E17 #48362A #8F7653 #4A2F1D
  • Study of a Nude Man: #2C1F0B #1B1205 #4A371C #77592D #A07F4D #0E0601
  • Trumpeter of the Hussars (1817): #938F78 #483622 #1F1B15 #312B1F #71522F #726E5C
  • Dervish in His Stall (1820): #55452D #776240 #26180F #403425 #3D2513 #A19073
  • Jupiter and Antiope, After Correggio: #582A0E #120806 #703D13 #31160C #BB9F73 #45200E
  • Cheval Cabré au Tapis de Selle Rouge (1812): #352224 #20181E #BD9D6A #4A2B28 #987647 #7B5130
  • Arabian Stallion Frightened by Two Big Cats: #242617 #14150B #3C402B #C49155 #A16B30 #37290F
  • Deux Chevaux à L'Écurie: #614B35 #9D8968 #28231F #483024 #3D3129 #7F643E
  • Chestnut Horse in a Stable (1814): #1B0E06 #3F2508 #6C4B1C #481D02 #633109 #301201
  • The Blacksmith (1813): #372520 #6C553A #947F4C #533A2B #1C1113 #492820
  • A Cart-Horse: #453022 #755636 #A98F60 #5E3C26 #2E1F12
  • Horse's Rumps: #10100F #271E13 #7A460C #995C10 #43280E #5F340B
  • Le Sommeil des Paysans (1810): #271C18 #382115 #3F3328 #45220C #504B3A #5C3314
  • The Melancholic Man: #2B221F #151310 #4D332E #A99072 #826651 #DCC59B
  • Anatomical Pieces (1818): #211D1E #5E4524 #A5884B #3C2B19 #48220D #2F2219
  • Head of a Shipwrecked Man (1818): #0F0D0D #614122 #422814 #8E693E #AA895B #CCAE7E
  • Portrait d’Un Noir: #1D1813 #756F56 #A69E7F #352F24 #5E4D2C #080301
  • Chat Mort (ca. 1820): #0F0D14 #C79347 #6B4622 #915619 #F7EBBF #D9C393
  • Portrait D'Homme (1825): #343133 #1C1C23 #4E4A47 #E6C49C #C4986E #9D7253
  • Study of Feet and Hands (1818): #24190D #403217 #100D0A #766339 #B7A471 #332919
  • Un Cheval Attelé à Un Chariot (1821): #2E2720 #0D0A09 #CDAC70 #43301E #9C7C49 #201915
  • La Mort D'Hippolyte (1850): #4F2D10 #A17434 #C58E39 #E4B05E #E8C37F #754514
  • Horses Standing in a Mews (1791-1824): #68421A #28231C #935F2B #3F2916 #553D25 #AE8047
  • A Pasha (1850): #28241A #775926 #9B8D5D #3D351C #372314 #7D2919
  • Study of Male Nude (1850): #192213 #3C3522 #9D8360 #665535 #CAAD7D #292614
  • Deux Chevaux de Poste à la Porte d'Une Écurie (1821): #28211A #755B43 #473729 #B09074 #563921 #9A7350
  • Cuirassier Blessé (1813): #594832 #80633C #40392D #AB9965 #2D2A24
  • Cheval Gris au Râtelier (1811): #684726 #89663F #3A200F #221107 #4F3623 #120401
  • Cheval Turc dans Une Écurie (1811): #8C7348 #604B2F #2F251A #1A1712 #463623
  • Spanish Horse in a Stable (1811): #231914 #BF9872 #946A45 #40281A #E9CCAD #724929
  • Head of a Lion (1819): #1D1F16 #6F581A #352F1B #967A21 #57401B #412D11
  • Man with Delusions of Military Command (1850): #3F3335 #5B4039 #A59076 #7F7060 #AD6F4C #362623
  • Shipwrecked on a Beach (the Tempest) (1822): #272215 #463D25 #302309 #1A140B #716A4B #948D69
  • Wounded Soldiers in a Cart (1815): #201812 #594C2F #100B0C #8C8052 #372613 #3B3326
  • Garçon Donnant l'Avoine a Un Cheval Dételé: #818073 #120E09 #2B2518 #5C3C13 #855D2E #BF864B
  • Fighting Horses (1820): #615042 #AA9E8D #3B322D #86684E #827565 #AD8B67
  • Dogs Fighting Bears (1814): #9D9460 #3E2D12 #67572C #271A09 #180F04 #83733D
  • A Cart Loaded with Kegs (1822): #211F19 #614623 #3C2E1C #5E533D #936C32 #786A4A
  • Officer of the Chasseurs of the Imperial Horse Guards: #584928 #332F21 #755625 #4D5139 #201C16 #46351C
  • The Oath of Brutus After the Death of Lucretia (1815): #251F1A #3C3329 #40251B #13100F #565248 #796653
  • The Horse Is Out of the Stable (1810): #493F3E #D3A771 #A58360 #6E5C4F #DFC6A6 #2D2624
  • A Horse Frightened by Lightning (1820): #3B2C23 #A48154 #805D3E #644631 #5E5645 #271712
  • Head of a Youth (1821): #14130F #432C1D #B28A5E #895A2D #26211A #694224
  • Head of a White Horse (1811): #2A1D10 #1B130B #D0C4B3 #3F270A #988979 #582C12
  • Course de Chevaux Montés Allant à Gauche, au Moment du Départ (1822): #ECE2D1 #BD9C66 #615132 #877254 #B09B7E #6A7980
  • The Raft of the Medusa (1818): #383643 #6E4441 #8D5538 #452C33 #AE886C #CCA578
  • Cheval Attaqué par Un Lion (1812): #484C37 #292E24 #1C1E14 #79774D #34311A #E7E2C2
  • Portrait of Louise Vernet (1812): #E4B66D #23211D #2E3136 #E6CC9D #B4884C #614E31
  • Scène du Déluge (1819): #3B3828 #55563B #292214 #70734C #878E58 #A9B56B
  • Portrait of a Man (1822): #1C1C24 #2C272C #422F28 #B07A3B #7C5132 #CDC0AC
  • Alexandre Colin (1815): #2E2E30 #413D33 #63533C #7E6E4E #C2C09F #A09673
  • Un Carabinier, Vu à MI-Corps (1814): #272021 #7A5236 #4C3125 #3F342F #161517 #C1956A
  • Portrait of an Artist in His Studio (1812): #2B201E #BD9F71 #71583D #44332A #957751 #F6E5D0
  • Étude de Bras et de Main (1818): #9B7327 #E9D38A #573816 #B4903F #744D19 #C8A64C
  • Cinq Chevaux Vus par la Croupe (1821): #60523E #36332D #AC8D58 #836843 #1B1916 #AC966F
  • The 1821 Derby at Epsom (1821): #363740 #6D6B6E #6E6125 #4D411D #3C2D1B #C0C3C2
  • Portrait of a Kleptomaniac (1820): #1C1C18 #302B1C #82623A #5E4A2B #938767
  • The Wounded Cuirassier (1814): #18181A #292522 #533D2A #4D4E47 #A0895F #272B2F
  • Insane Woman (1819): #110E06 #050401 #837451 #2F2717 #665536 #A7976F
  • The Charging Chasseur (1812): #3E3B34 #24211D #161410 #5C503C #2E2718 #0F0E11
  • The Woman with a Gambling Mania (1820): #31201C #5C442F #1F0F0E #493A2F #A68D5C #DED0A1
  • Gray Horse (1812): #3D251A #2B1612 #644734 #EDDDC4 #D2B89B #B09377
  • Francisco de Moncada Marqués D'Aytona (1815): #33271B #645946 #242019 #4E3922 #404039 #A6906F
  • Three Lovers (1817): #16100C #9F8160 #36160B #4C2110 #281A12 #603418
  • Study of a Model (1818): #130907 #3B382A #2B2216 #564C33 #736444 #49351D
  • The Severed Heads (1818): #E1CBB1 #9B5E35 #CC9C6D #AB9276 #6C4D32 #341B0E
  • Horse Stopped by Four Young People (1817): #1B1610 #483B29 #887A63 #AF9C7A #0A0705 #32271A
  • The Wounded Cuirassier, Study (1814): #282828 #978257 #5B4A2C #4B4843 #352C1F #CEC099
  • Alfred Dedreux (1810-1860) as a Child (1819): #5D8A91 #2C2319 #6B7062 #4E3B1B #3C341F #939880
  • Lions in a Mountainous Landscape (1818): #3C271B #1A1512 #5F4228 #826A49 #AA8E65 #28251D
  • The Race of the Riderless Horses (1817): #78683E #4E3E21 #A59460 #322612 #1D160A
  • Mounted Trumpeters of Napoleon's Imperial Guard (1813): #3F352D #282522 #6B5A40 #774C32 #964D31 #98835F
  • Nude Warrior with a Spear (1816): #95927C #2D2820 #C9A15A #584226 #906F3A #C2BA99
  • Equestrian Portrait of Charles V (1814): #3F4746 #695952 #48362B #223737 #A28073 #141820
  • Head of a Guillotined Man (1818): #14150A #282211 #69663F #3D381E #55401B #9E9E7D
  • Portrait of Simon Bonnesoeur-Bourginire (1812): #84683B #201D18 #634A28 #4D3213 #13100E #AA905E
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1818): #171312 #2F2213 #886E50 #554530 #CBC7BB #B19270
  • Brown Horse: #64512A #100C08 #41341A #23170B #31220E #4E3312
  • The Kiss (1816): #85674E #594D3C #D9D8E0 #283433 #A79D9B #AE896C
  • Horse Race (1816): #645436 #92763F #453423 #333029 #070F12 #BA9248
  • Two Horses (1808): #657161 #28311E #3B3716 #465141 #705615 #584616
  • Equestrian Portrait of Wincenty Krasiński. (1814): #3E2E0F #5E310B #5D441A #695B34 #774C13 #6F8797
  • A Study for a Nude. (1801): #4B3818 #34250B #87612A #AB813E #2B1B0B #CBA45B
  • Prowling Lioness: #1E1C1C #322C24 #454230 #4A3526 #925A2D #71472A
  • Portrait of Adam Elmore (1821): #12100B #3C3D34 #B3D0D2 #3D3221 #B3B59C #61634F
  • Portrait of Zoë Elmore (1821): #1B1812 #C0C09F #7A7A5F #38291A #2C322A #464B3C
  • General Letellier on His Deathbed (1819): #140905 #72644C #2F2216 #503E28 #A39579 #270E06

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