Jane Shore
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on light-gray China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 26 × 34.5 cm (10 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.); Chine: 29.2 × 37.7 cm (11 1/2 × 14 7/8 in.); Sheet: 49 × 63.5 cm (19 5/16 × 25 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23651
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...