Title: Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the Back (verso)
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1816–17
Artist:  Théodore Géricault 
Artist bio: French, Rouen 1791–1824 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, watercolor, and white gouache over graphite and red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite and  red chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 8-1/2 x 11-1/4 in.  (21.6 x 28.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Leonardo Mondadori, in memory of his mother, Mimma Mondadori, 1998
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shields, term: Swords, term: Men, term: Cupid, term: Venus