The Raft of the Medusa

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Victor Bachereau Reverchon (French, b.1842) after Théodore Géricault
The Raft of the Medusa
signed, dated and inscribed 'Reverchon aprés Géricault 1870'
(lower left)
oil on panel
251 x 348 cm.

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Lot Essay

The famous French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) painted the prototype (491 x 716 cm.) in 1818-19 at the age of 27. The Raft of the Medusa is an icon of French Romanticism. It is a 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.

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