La Pietà
Medium
Etching on chine collé; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 in. × 16 3/4 in. (30.5 × 42.6 cm) Plate: 7 7/8 × 11 in. (20 × 28 cm) Image: 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (14.5 × 20 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Donato Esposito, 2019
Accession Number
2019.279.4
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|Edmond Hédouin|Delamain · 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...