Fronte-boeuf and the Jew, from Ivanhoe
Eugène Delacroix
1829
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.6 × 21.5 cm (6 9/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 38.9 cm (11 9/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39394
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...