Combat Between Giaour and the Pasha
Eugène Delacroix
1827
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 35.8 × 26 cm (14 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 47.5 × 33.9 cm (18 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72302
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...