Featured Am Interested with this XIXth cent Marine Painting.."Raft of the Medusa"?? Pls Help!!

Here is a painting I am interested to buy....But seems having a connection with the "Raft of the Medusa" Subject History...I would say this Oil painting on wood ,won't be older than XIXth Period...Not signed..A little crackled..And yellowish old vernish as well....
I don't think that the frame is the original one..?? But measures:49x38cm
The Painting itself measures:39x30cm on a wood pannel.
The scene looks quite interesting...Could be a copy of a Better Known Painting..??
Please inform me with details...Would love to get it a right price...Before Sunday 16th.
Any infos,details,recommendation,proofs...Are very welcome.
Thanking you in advance
JB

 

A shipwreck, yes, but a boat rather than a raft. And no signs of cannibalism (yet).
It is not a painting (original) I know, but there are some great searchers here.

Agree.

 

Thanks..!! As usual..

 

It seems to me that a serious painter addressing a subject like this would not put birds in the picture. Also the angle of the birds to the direction of the wind does not make sense, I think in reality they would get blown away. In addition, the width of the growth rings on the back of the frame are much wider than what I would expect from wood harvested in the 19th century.

 

Thank you..That's help to know...Maybe a Copy by an Amateur Painter..??

 

Yes, I suspect that is what it is. If the birds, the boat and the men were not in the painting I would like it much better.

 

The only thing it has in common with The Raft of Medusa is water.

Debora

 

Survivors on a stormy sea is a common theme found in 19th century art. Sometimes inspired from real events. I could find none that yours matches exactly. While fairly competent, I do not see this as a masterpiece.

 

This looks similar. The rainbow by Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky.
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/aivazovsky-ivan/artworks/

 

Clever you! And always interesting to compare original with copy. The scene is the same but the art is gone.

Debora

 

Oh Yes..!!! Thank you very much for your Time searching this info...Very Interesting.

 

I agree 200% that it has been copied from this Masterpiece....My photos Painting is a pale copy of this Beautiful Original....So when had it be copied..?? XXth cent..??

 

Aivazovsky's work was painted in 1873. The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow provides no acquisition information on its web site but certainly could be a late-Victorian copy. And apparently there is some Géricault influence as it follows in the tradition of his 1820 work Scene of the Deluge. According to the internet, Dostoyevsky's favorite work.

Debora

 

Thanks very much for those information...But will be for me a good reason to save money and to hope finding something better...Merci encore..JB

 

Those two look too close to be mere coincidence!!

 

Sorry don't understand your reply..??

 

Aquitaine means that the one you were asking about looks so much like the Aivazovsky painting that it really has to be a copy of the Aivazovsky painting.

 

Thank you @Any Jewelry!! I also straightened & tried to enhance OP's original image.....the little bit of added color or contrast makes it stand out a bit more....... in comparison......

 

Big Time..!! Thanks for the clarification...Yes He is 200% right as You are.

 

Thanks a lot.