PARIS --It's one of the most viewed works in the Louvre, yet few visitors know the horrifying real-life story behind "The Raft of the Medusa." Theodore Gericault's desolate depiction of survivors ...

The Louvre is the world’s most visited museum ... Théodore Géricault pushed boundaries with his historical painting The Raft of the Medusa. Regarded as the most important of the painting ...

This 1819 painting by Théodore Géricault depicts the harrowing aftermath of the 1816 shipwreck of the French Royal Navy frigate Medusa off the coast of Senegal, as victims struggle to survive.

The Raft of the Medusa is massive in scale ... The painting was purchased by the Louvre not long after Géricault died at 32 of spinal tuberculosis. At the time of his death, he was preparing ...

The Louvre, France's most famous museum, is home to some of the best known artworks in history, such as Théodore Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa," Eugène Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the ...

That's what Theodore Gericault did. He painted them dangling in the front end of his floating horror show known as "The Raft of the Medusa" like ribbons after the unwrapping of a package.