Man at Arms
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Etching; first state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 4 5/16 x 2 5/8 in. (11 x 6.7 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (29.6 x 21.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.19.6
Tags
SwordsMen
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...