Macbeth and the Witches
Eugène Delacroix
1825
Medium
Lithograph from two stones in black and ivory on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.2 × 25 cm (12 11/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 54.5 × 35.3 cm (21 1/2 × 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
9549
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...