Man at Arms
19th century
Medium
Etching and drypoint; second state
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 8 1/16 in. (23.4 x 20.5 cm) Plate: 4 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (11 x 7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.521
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|Imprimerie Delâtre, Paris · 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...