# A Madwoman and Compulsive Gambler [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GÉRICAULT, Théodore]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 77 x 65 cm ## Commentary A Madwoman and Compulsive Gambler c. 1822 Oil on canvas, 77 x 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Géricault seems to have felt something like an inner mission when he chose the most pitiable creatures in society for his subjects. In his studies of neurotics, he made shattering documentations, like this painting. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 13 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/corelli\_follia.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in D minor \(La Follia\) op. 5 No. 12</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Carabinier with his Horse]() - [A Charge of Cuirassiers]() - [A Turk \(Mustapha\)]() - [An Officer of the Chasseurs Commanding a Charge]() - [English Horse in Stable]() - [Grey Horse Called L'Aly]() - [Heroic Landscape with Fishermen]() - [Horse Market: Five Horses at the Stake]() - [Man with Delusions of Military Command]() - [Nymph and Satyr \(Jupiter and Antiope\)]() - [Portrait of a Kleptomaniac]() - [Portrait of a Man]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()