Who created "The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa"?

The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa was created by Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault in c. 1818.

What medium is "The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa"?

The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa is Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper.

The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa

Q: When was "The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa" created?

This artwork was created c. 1818.

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

c. 1818

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper

Dimensions

22.5 × 30.1 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

45963

About the Artist

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault · 1791–1824

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) was born into a prosperous bourgeois family in Rouen, France, the son of a lawyer who managed the family tobacco business. After moving to Paris around 1797, his artistic talent emerged early, nurtured in a circle that included his maternal uncle Jean-Baptiste Caruel and art dealer Jean-Louis Laneuville. Géricault began formal training in 1808 under ...

The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa

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