Brother Martin Clasping the Iron Hand of Goetz
Eugène Delacroix
1836
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image/chine: 24.7 × 18.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 55.1 × 39 cm (21 3/4 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
11098
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...