A Lord from the Time of Francis I
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Etching and drypoint on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.3 × 12.7 cm (6 13/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 13.2 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 29.7 × 21.5 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84476
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...