Brother Martin with Goetz
Eugène Delacroix
1836
Medium
lithograph on chine collé
Dimensions
image: 24.6 x 18.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 44.4 x 34.5 cm (17 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2004.128.13
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...