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Study of a Roof Lit by the Sun, Théodore Géricault

Study of a Roof Lit by the Sun

Étude de toit éclairé par le soleil (museum title)

Théodore Géricault (French) (1791-1824)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
c. 1817
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60 × 50.5 cm
Collection
Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Besançon, France
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Wikimedia Commons, public domain

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