Karikatuur van een generaal die met zijn kromzwaard tegen de rotsen slaat
Eugène Delacroix
1822
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
347; 259
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Prent gebruikt in: Le Miroir des spectacles, des lettres, des mœurs et des arts 2 (1822), nr. 492, 30 mei 1822.
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...