The Raft of the Medusa: 147 People, 13 Days, 15 Survivors

In 1816, a hundred and forty-seven people were abandoned on a raft in the Atlantic. Thirteen days later, fifteen were still alive. A young painter turned their nightmare into one of the most shocking paintings ever made. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:59 The Méduse 1:29 Aground 1:55 Adrift 2:23 Thirteen Days 3:27 The Scandal 3:56 The Painter 4:26 Obsession 5:30 Despair and Hope 6:07 The Salon 6:38 The End 7:04 Darkening Hidden in Oil tells the dark, true stories hidden in the world's most famous paintings: murders, thefts, forgeries and obsessions, told with the real artworks. New stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe:    / @hiddeninoil   All images are public-domain artworks and archival photographs (Wikimedia Commons). Narration and music are AI-generated. Sources & image credits: • The Charging Chasseur (Théodore Géricault · 1812 · Louvre) • The Wounded Cuirassier (Théodore Géricault · study, 1814) • Self-Portrait (Eugène Delacroix · c. 1837 · Louvre) — Britchi Mirela, CC BY-SA 3.0 • The Derby at Epsom (Théodore Géricault · 1821 · Louvre) • The Death of Géricault (Ary Scheffer · 1824 · Louvre) • Study of a Horse (Théodore Géricault) • Louis XVIII in Coronation Robes (François Gérard · 1814) • The Madwoman (Monomania of Gambling) (Théodore Géricault · c. 1822 · Louvre) • The Medusa (Lithograph after Hippolyte Lecomte) • The Madwoman (Monomania of Envy) (Théodore Géricault · c. 1822 · Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon) • The Mutiny on the Raft (Théodore Géricault · 1818 · drawing) • The mutiny on the raft (Lithograph after Corréard & Savigny's account · 1818) • The Raft of the Medusa (Théodore Géricault · 1818–1819 · Louvre) • Plan of the raft of the Medusa (From the survivors' account · 1818) • Study for The Raft of the Medusa (Théodore Géricault · 1818 · Louvre) • Saint-Louis, Senegal (Map · 1885) • A Shipwreck in a Storm (Claude-Joseph Vernet · 18th century) #arthistory #famouspaintings #darkhistory