George Sand's Garden at Nohant
Eugène Delacroix
ca. 1842–43
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
17 7/8 x 21 3/4 in. (45.4 x 55.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Dikran G. Kelekian Gift, 1922
Accession Number
22.27.4
Tags
GardensForests
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...