Crouching Woman
Eugène Delacroix
1827
Medium
Black and red chalk, with pastel, heightened with white chalk, over wash, on tan wove paper
Dimensions
24.6 × 31.4 cm (9 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
pastel
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76779
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...