File:JEAN LOUIS THÉODORE GÉRICAULT - La Balsa de la Medusa (Museo del Louvre, 1818-19).jpg

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Summary

Théodore Géricault: The Raft of the Medusa   
Artist
Théodore Géricault  (1791–1824)   
 
Alternative names
Jean Louis Théodore Géricault
Description French painter, graphic artist, sculptor, lithographer, architectural draftsperson and drawer
Date of birth/death 26 September 1791  26 January 1824 
Location of birth/death Rouen Paris
Work period 1810 –1824 
Work location
Paris, England
Authority file
  • : Q184212
  • VIAF: 64128788
  • ISNI: 0000000121365971
  • ULAN: 500115562
  • LCCN: n50016306
  • NLA: 36556081
  • WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q184212
 
Title
French:
Le Radeau de La Méduse 

The Raft of the Medusa
title QS:P1476,fr:"Le Radeau de La Méduse "
label QS:Lfr,"Le Radeau de La Méduse "
label QS:Les,"La balsa de la Medusa"
label QS:Lyue,"美杜莎之筏"
label QS:Lhu,"A Medúza tutaja"
label QS:Leu,"Méduse ontziaren almadia"
label QS:Lfi,"Medusan lautta"
label QS:Lca,"El rai de la Medusa"
label QS:Lde-ch,"Das Floss der Medusa"
label QS:Lde,"Das Floß der Medusa"
label QS:Lqug,"medusa pug andana"
label QS:Lbe,"Плыт «Медузы»"
label QS:Lhy,"Մեդուզա լաստ"
label QS:Lzh,"梅杜薩之筏"
label QS:Lda,"Medusas Tømmerflåde"
label QS:Ltr,"Medusa'nın Salı"
label QS:Lja,"メデューズ号の筏"
label QS:Lbr,"Le Radeau de La Méduse"
label QS:Lmk,"Сплавот Медуза (Теодор Жерико)"
label QS:Lsv,"Medusas flotte"
label QS:Lgl,"A Balsa da Medusa"
label QS:Lhe,"רפסודת המדוזה"
label QS:Lla,"Ratis Medusae"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"梅杜薩之筏"
label QS:Lzh-cn,"梅杜萨之筏"
label QS:Lko,"메두사호의 뗏목"
label QS:Lfa,"کلک مدوسا"
label QS:Leo,"La floso de la Meduzo"
label QS:Larz,"طوافه قنديل البحر"
label QS:Lit,"La zattera della Medusa"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"梅杜薩之筏"
label QS:Lga,"Rafta an Meadúsa"
label QS:Laz,"Meduza salı"
label QS:Lhr,"Splav Meduze"
label QS:Lcs,"Vor Medúzy"
label QS:Lnn,"Medusas flåte"
label QS:Llfn,"La balsa de Medusa"
label QS:Lpt,"A Balsa da Medusa"
label QS:Luk,"Пліт Медузи"
label QS:Lvi,"Chiếc bè của chiến thuyền Méduse"
label QS:Lmt,"Iċ-Ċattra ta' Medusa"
label QS:Llv,"Medūzas plosts"
label QS:Lbjn,"The Raft of the Medusa"
label QS:Llt,"Medūzos plaustas"
label QS:Lsl,"Splav Meduze"
label QS:Ltl,"The Raft of the Medusa"
label QS:Lsr,"Сплав Медузе"
label QS:Lzh-sg,"梅杜萨之筏"
label QS:Lid,"The Raft of the Medusa"
label QS:Lpl,"Tratwa Meduzy"
label QS:Lnb,"«Medusas flåte»"
label QS:Lzh-tw,"梅杜薩之筏"
label QS:Lnl,"Het vlot van de Medusa"
label QS:Lsh,"Splav Meduze"
label QS:Lru,"Плот «Медузы»"
label QS:Lel,"Η Σχεδία της Μέδουσας"
label QS:Len,"The Raft of the Medusa"
label QS:Lar,"طوافة قنديل البحر"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"梅杜萨之筏"
label QS:Lsr-ec,"Сплав Медузе"
Object type painting 
Genre painting 
Date 1819 
Medium oil on canvas 
Dimensions height: 491 cm (16.1 ft) ; width: 716 cm (23.4 ft) 
dimensions QS:P2048,+491U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+716U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

Room 700
Accession number
INV 4884 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre) 
Object history
  • 1919: in collection of French State 
Exhibition history
  • Salon of 1819, Salon Carré 
References
  • Théodore Géricault catalogue raisonné, 1978, 189 
  • http://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/le-radeau-de-la-meduse (French) 
  • http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/raft-medusa (English)
  • http://www.louvre.fr/jp/oeuvre-notices/%E3%80%8A%E3%83%A1%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E5%8F%B7%E3%81%AE%E7%AD%8F%E3%80%8B (Japanese)
  • https://www.wga.hu/html/g/gericaul/1/106geric.html
  • Joconde work ID: 000PE001303 
  • Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010059199 
  • Salons ID: 203057 
  • Panorama de l'art ID: le-radeau-de-la-meduse 
  • Musée critique de la Sorbonne ID: un-mouvement-contradictoire 
  • Utpictura18 artwork ID: 17148 
  • Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 08121493 
  • Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 20077009 
  • 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, p. 375  
Authority file
  • : Q212616
  • VIAF: 177932717
  • Louvre: 010059199
  • GND: 4304042-1
  • J9U: 987007417211805171
  • Joconde: 000PE001303
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The Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819). Oil on canvas, 490 × 716 cm (16 ft 1 in × 23 ft 6 in). Louvre, Paris

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