Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes
Eugène Delacroix
1845
Medium
Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions
34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61564
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...