Muleteers of Tetuan
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Lithograph in black on light-gray chine, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Chine: 19.7 × 27.5 cm (7 13/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 35 × 45.5 cm (13 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
26696
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...