Head of a Horse, after the Parthenon
Eugène Delacroix
ca. 1825
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over a little black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
3-1/4 x 4-7/16 in. (8.3 x 11.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grégoire Tarnopol, 1979
Accession Number
1980.21.4
Tags
Horses
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...