Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel, from Faust
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.6 × 18.1 cm (8 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 41.2 × 26.2 cm (16 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84494
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...