Sheet of Seven Antique Medals
Eugène Delacroix
1825
Medium
Lithograph in black on light gray wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.5 × 23 cm (10 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 37 × 27.3 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63153
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...