The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

Ink sketch of shipwreck survivors on a raft reaching toward a sail and oar, with figures crowded in the background.

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The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault (1818), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This pen and brown ink sketch shows a group of figures on a makeshift raft, with several men reaching toward a sail and oar in a rescue scene. The composition is loosely drawn, with densely hatched areas on the raft and a dense cluster of bodies in the background.

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Date

1818

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Museum

Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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Mythology