Ecce Homo (Christ with the Reed)
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Etching; first state of four
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (15.8 x 12 cm) Image: 5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in. (14.5 x 9.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.77.18
Tags
Christ
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...