A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)
1833
Medium
aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 15.9 × 96 cm (6 1/4 × 37 13/16 in.) plate: 22.5 × 16.2 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.) sheet: 57.5 × 37.2 cm (22 5/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of Ellen von Seggern Richter and Jan Paul Ritcher, and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2020.83.3
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix · 1798–1863
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) stands as the defining figure of French Romanticism and a pivotal bridge to modernism. Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice near Paris, he came from distinguished lineage—his mother descended from the prestigious Oeben-Riesener furniture dynasty, while persistent speculation suggested the statesman Talleyrand may have been his biological father, a theory supported by physic...