Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.5 × 18 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38 × 29.5 cm (15 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
7416
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...