Sheet of Six Antique Medals
Eugène Delacroix
1825
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 19 × 25 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 28.3 × 37 cm (11 3/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63149
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...