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Théodore Géricault
(26th Sep, 1791 - 26th Jan, 1824)
The Raft of the Medusa
1818
Credit:
Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Angèle Dequier
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Angèle Dequier
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sea
despair
historical scene
dying man
shipwreck
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About the artwork
Title:
The Raft of the Medusa
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
4910 x 7160
Inventory number:
inv4884
Detail:
painting by Théodore Géricault
Location:
musée du Louvre
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
The Raft of the Medusa
(French:
''
Le Radeau de la Méduse''
) is an oil painting of 1818–1819 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. At 491 cm × 716 cm (16' 1" × 23' 6" ), it is an over-life-size painting that depicts a moment from the aftermath of the wreck of the French naval frigate
Méduse
, which ran aground off the coast of today's Mauritania on July 5, 1816. At least…
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About the author(s)
Author:
Théodore Géricault
Also known as:
Theodore Gericault
Théodore Gericault
Jean-Louis-André-Theodore Géricault
Jean Louis André Theodore Géricault
Jean-Louis-André-Theodore Gericault
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault
Born:
26th Sep, 1791
Dead:
26th Jan, 1824
Country:
France
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Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault
(French:
[ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃dʁe teodoʁ ʒeʁiko]
; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was an influential French painter and lithographer, known for
The Raft of the Medusa
and other paintings. Although he died young, he was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement.
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