Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs
1828–29
Medium
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
36 folios, each sheet: 4 15/16 x 7 11/16 in. (12.5 x 19.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Sketchbooks
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alexander and Gregoire Tarnopol, 1969
Accession Number
69.165.2
Tags
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...