Reclining Nude, Back View
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 11.1 × 17.2 cm (4 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 20 × 24 cm (7 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
223868
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...