Saturday, January 19, 2013

Imitator of Thomas Couture - Caught by the Tide [1860-90]


Formerly believed to be by Gericault, this work is now considered to be by an imitator of Couture. It may have been inspired by Couture's Marie Protectrice dans le Danger (Les Naufragés) in the Chapel of the Virgin in St-Eustace, Paris, which was probably painted between 1851 and 1854.

[National Gallery, London - Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 80.6 cm]

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