Encounter of the Moorish Horsemen (Rencontre de Cavaliers Maures)
Eugène Delacroix
1834
Medium
etching and drypoint
Dimensions
sheet (laid down): 20.4 × 27.3 cm (8 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.) overall: 20.7 × 28.5 cm (8 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.7.1
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...