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The Raft of the Medusa
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   The Raft of the Medusa is an oil painting of 1818-19 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791-1824)
fact 2 about The Raft of the Medusa
   Completed when the artist was just 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism
fact 3 about The Raft of the Medusa
   At 491 cm × 716 cm (193.3 in × 282.3 in), The Raft of the Medusa is an over-life-size painting that depicts a moment from the aftermath of the wreck of the French naval frigate Méduse, which ran aground off the coast of todays Mauritania on July 5, 1816
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