Fronte-boeuf and the Witch, from Ivanhoe
Eugène Delacroix
1829
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.2 × 20.3 cm (8 3/8 × 8 in.); Sheet: 49.3 × 34.7 cm (19 7/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
36056
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...