Leçon de Voltiges (Trick Riding)
Eugène Delacroix
1822
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 20.6 x 29.8 cm (8 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 23.6 x 34.4 cm (9 5/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of David E. Rust
Accession Number
1998.118.9
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...