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
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...