Chief Mohammed-Ben-Abou
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Etching on off-white chine, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Chine: 14.2 × 21.3 cm (5 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 21.9 × 29.6 cm (8 5/8 × 11 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
58584
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...