Goetz Aided by the Gypsies
Medium
Wood engraving (or possibly stereotype) on newsprint
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.3 x 14.6 cm) Sheet: 9 x 6 3/8 in. (22.9 x 16.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.17.3-128
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|Andrew, Best, Leloir, Hotelin et Régnier · 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...