On the grave of the painter Théodore Géricault, a bronze bas-relief reproduces one of his most famous works. Which one?
The answer
Sculpted by Antoine Étex around 1840, this bronze bas-relief reproduces ‘The Raft of the Medusa’, Géricault's masterpiece on display at the Louvre; the painter himself rests just above it, a brush and palette in hand.
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