Algerian Jewess
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Etching on white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 20 × 15.5 cm (7 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Plate: 21.3 × 17.3 cm (8 7/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 55.3 × 36 cm (21 13/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
10200
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...