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The Raft of the Medusa

Théodore Géricault, 1818
The Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault
The Raft of the Medusa, zoomed in
491 cmThe Raft of the Medusa scale comparison716 cm

The Raft of the Medusa is a Romantic and Neoclassical Oil on Canvas Painting created by Théodore Géricault in 1818. It lives at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Water, Death in Art and Shipwreck. DownloadSee The Raft of the Medusa in the Kaleidoscope

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