Joseph (art model)

Joseph also known as Joseph le Nègre was an art model in France. Joseph was known for working with Théodore Géricault. Joseph's family name is was not recorded, it is likely that he was born in the French colony of Saint Domingue, present day Haiti, around 1793 and died in France after 1865. Joseph worked as an acrobat in France before becoming an artist's model.
Joseph was a principle model in Géricault's notable painting "The Raft of the Medusa" (1819).