Femmes d'Alger
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
lithograph on laid japan paper
Dimensions
image: 16 x 22.2 cm (6 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 22.1 x 30.2 cm (8 11/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
1999.111.12
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...