Studies of Twelve Greek and Roman Coins
Eugène Delacroix
1825
Medium
Lithograph; second state of four
Dimensions
Image: 9 5/16 in. × 12 in. (23.6 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 7/16 in. (29.6 × 39.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.77.24
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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...