Theodore Géricault (1791-1824) 1830

Editor: Here we have a bronze plaquette, a portrait of Theodore Géricault by Pierre-Jean David d'Angers. It's got this severe, classical feel…almost like looking at an ancient coin. What strikes you about it? Curator: It's a meditation on fame, isn't it? Géricault, forever captured in bronze! I imagine d'Angers felt a kinship with him - both grappling with the heroic and the human. Do you see how the texture almost vibrates? Editor: Yes, it's like the bronze itself is restless! Curator: Exactly! A fitting tribute to Géricault's own turbulent spirit. I think it really shows how artists can immortalize each other. Editor: It’s like a conversation across time, now frozen in a museum. Curator: Precisely. Art begets art, and history remembers.