Study of a Back for The Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault

Study of a Back for The Raft of the Medusa

Étude de dos pour Le Radeau de la Méduse (museum title)

Théodore Géricault (French) (1791-1824)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1819
Dimensions: 55 × 45 cm
Collection: Louvre Museum, France
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0

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