Goetz and Friar Martin
Medium
Wood engraving (or possibly stereotype)
Dimensions
Block: 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (21.1 x 14 cm) Sheet: 8 11/16 x 6 1/16 in. (22 x 15.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.17.3-129
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...