Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
1850
Medium
Oil over pen and ink on tracing paper; mounted on canvas and backed with linen
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 3/8 in. × 16 in. (56.8 × 40.6 cm) Framed: 29 × 22 1/2 in. (73.7 × 57.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2016
Accession Number
2016.759
Tags
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...