Prints

Théodore Géricault (1791 - 1824) The Raft of the Medusa Salon of 1819 - H. : 4,91 m. ; L. : 7,16 m. Musée du Louvre Acquired at the posthumous sale of the artist through the intermediary of Pierre-Joseph-Dedreux-Dorcy, friend of Géricault, 1824 The Raft of the Medusa-a major work in French 19th-century painting-is generally regarded as an icon of Romanticism. It depicts an event whose human and political aspects greatly interested Géricault: the wreck of a French frigate off the coast of Senegal in 1816, with over 150 soldiers on board. The painter researched the story in