Sheet of Twelve Antique Medals
Eugène Delacroix
1825
Medium
Lithograph in black on light-gray wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 24 × 30 cm (9 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30 × 41.8 cm (11 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63156
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...