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The Raft of Medusa by Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) is known for bridging two district artist movements: Classicism and Romanticism. The painting depicts the wreck of a French frigate, La Méduse, and its passengers who were left to perish off the coast of Senegal in 1816.

Géricault's masterpiece is the large painting entitled The Raft of the Medusa . This work depicts the aftermath of a contemporary French shipwreck, whose survivors embarked on a raft and were decimated by starvation before being rescued at sea 💪🍻