(Le Radeau de la Méduse)
The raft of the wrecked Medusa, with the survivors of the crew,
is floating on the stormy sea. In the foreground on the left,
surrounded by dead sailors, a father is holding with his left hand
the nude body of his dying son. On the right, a corpse is partly
resting on the raft, partly floating on the water. Farther back the
officer, Corréard, is seen pointing out to the surgeon, Savigny,
the brig _Argus_, which appears on the far horizon under the
clouded sky. At the far end of the raft a mulatto and a sailor have
hoisted themselves on to some barrels to wave some rags, so as to
attract the attention of the distant ship.
Painted in oil on canvas.