Sheet of Six Antique Medals
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
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Eugène Delacroix began producing lithographs in the hopes of fulfilling his financial needs during the late 1820s. He primarily printed caricatures and political satires, illustrations from ancient French history, and scenes from his favorite works by Shakespeare and Goethe. The medals depicted in this lithograph belonged to Baron Schwiter and Duc de Blacas, for whom he printed lithograph portraits. Delacroix illustrated Duc de Blacas in a similar vignette style as that used for his medal sketch...
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...