Le Grand Opéra
Eugène Delacroix
1821
Medium
Lithograph; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16 in. (27.5 x 21.8 cm) Image: 7 15/16 x 5 11/16 in. (20.2 x 14.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.80.4
Tags
OperaPerformanceMenViolins
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...