The Severed Heads
Artist/Maker
DatesMade: Made 1810s
Material / Technique
Dimensionsh x w: Mått 50 x 61 cm h x w x d: Ram 65 x 76 x 6 cm
Inventory numberNM 2113
AcqusitionGift 1918 by a consortium
Other titlesTitel (sv): De avhuggna huvudena Titel (en): The Severed Heads
DescriptionDescription: The realism of Géricault’s study of severed heads is almost unbearable. The artist painted a number of similar images, sometimes of amputated arms and legs. There is presumably a connection with his masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa (Louvre), which shows the dying victims of a shipwreck. These paintings can be seen as studies, a way of getting close to death, with the ultimate aim of being able to depict it as convincingly as possible.
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TechniquePainting