1818
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre (Le factionnaire Suisse au Louvre) is a 1818 ink by Théodore Géricault, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in fancy clothes adjusting his coat, standing next to a soldier holding a rifle. Behind them, a crowd of people in hats walks past a building with columns. The scene looks like a busy street, but the drawing is rough and sketchy, almost like a quick study. The soldier’s uniform and the man’s confident pose make the picture feel tense. The title says this is about a Swiss guard at the Louvre, but the sketch focuses more on the people than the building itself. Want to know more? Check out lithography to see how this sketch was made.
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (French: ; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer.
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