Portrait of a Kleptomaniac
Théodore Géricault · 1820s
The story
Portrait of a Kleptomaniac or Portrait of an Insane Person (French: L'Aliéné or Portrait d'un Cleptomane aka Le Monomane du Vol) is an 1822 oil painting by Théodore Géricault. It is part of series of ten portraits made for the psychiatrist Étienne-Jean Georget and is currently kept in the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
- Artist
- Théodore Géricault
- Date
- 1820s
- Collection
- Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 61.2 × 50.2 cm
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