Study for an allegorical figure of Justice in the ceiling decoration of the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon; verso: studies of allegorical figures, and architectural sketches.
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
8-9/16 x 13-1/2 in. (21.7 x 34.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession Number
16.37.4
Tags
Human Figures
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...