Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; centaur; and seven putti (three with wings)
1798–1863
Medium
Pen and brown ink, faint graphite indications (lyre of seated figure) on wove paper
Dimensions
10-1/16 x 14-1/8 in. (25.6 x 35.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alice F. Steiner, 1981
Accession Number
1981.84
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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...