Steenie or Redgauntlet Pursued by a Goblin on Horseback
1829
Medium
Unfinished lithograph; first state of three
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (21.6 x 16.5 cm) Sheet: 14 x 11 7/16 in. (35.5 x 29 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.77.21
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...