Jewish Woman of Algiers (Juive d'Alger)
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
etching
Dimensions
plate: 21.4 x 17.4 cm (8 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.) sheet (laid down): 46.1 x 35 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1958.8.203
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...