Jewish Woman of Algiers (Juive d'Alger et une rue à Alger)
Eugène Delacroix
1838
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
image: 10.8 x 20.6 cm (4 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 19.4 x 25.7 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.416
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...