A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
aquatint and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.6 × 16 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 39.8 × 32 cm (15 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1958.8.14
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...