history painting

The Raft of the Medusa – Theodore Gericault

Painter: Theodore Gericault Start Date: 1818 Date of art creation: 1819 Art movement: Romanticism Genre of painting: history painting Painting technique: oil Painting material: canvas Dimensions: 491 x 716 cm Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France Content: storm-and-tempest, boats-and-ships, seas-and-oceans, historical-events, frigate-Medusa