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
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...