Painting #057 - Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault

(French, 1791–1824)

The Raft of the Medusa / Le Radeau de la Méduse

- Géricault in 1818–19

- oil on canvas (491 × 716 cm)

- Louvre (Paris)

It depicted the aftermath of a contemporary French shipwreck, Meduse, in which the captain had left the crew and passengers, a total of 134, to die.

Head of a White Horse

- Géricault

- oil on canvas (65 x 54 cm) c.1810

- Louvre (Paris)

Heroic Landscape with Fishermen

- Géricault

- oil on canvas (250 x 218 cm) 1818

- Neue Pinakothek (Munich)

Source: Wikipedia