Goetz and Friar Martin
Medium
Wood engraving; proof before letters
Dimensions
Block: 8 9/16 x 5 11/16 in. (21.8 x 14.5 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (26.7 x 18.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.80.2
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...