14. French school, 19th century, after Théodore Géricault Officer of the Imperial Guard Horse Chasseurs Charging oil on canvas 55.8 x 45.8cm (21 15/16 x 18 1/16in). Provenance Private Collection, France, for more than 30 years The present work is a copy after the two known preparatory studies by Théodore Géricault, executed in 1812 for his celebrated painting Officier de chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale, chargeant, now in the Musée du Louvre (inv. 4885). The bozzetti are held at the Musée du Louvre (RF210) and the Musée Bonnat-Helleu in Bayonne (inv. 76).