Portrait of a Kleptomaniac by Théodore Géricault (Q2459266)

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genre: portrait (Q134307)
artist: Théodore Géricault (Q184212)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
depicts: kleptomania (Q212021) mental disorder (Q12135)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1908-F
BALaT object ID: 99059

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1908-F

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: Around 1820 Théodore Géricault painted the Portrait of a Kleptomaniac. This painting was part of a series of ten portraits of people confined in a madhouse, five of which have been preserved. At the time the artist had befriended doctor Etienne-Jean Georget, who was a member of a group of…

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