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The Raft of the Medusa: First Painted Sketch

This image is the Louvre’s first painted sketch for The Raft of the Medusa, RF 2229. Dated 1818 and measuring 38 × 46 cm, it precedes the larger second sketch, RF 1667. The rescue vessel, broad raft platform and lower signalling group reveal an earlier arrangement of the composition. [1]

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  1. Louvre, Louvre — first Raft sketch, RF 2229. View source.