The Battle of the Giaour and the Pasha (Combat du Giaour et du Pacha)
Eugène Delacroix
1827
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
stone: 37.5 × 26.7 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 41.2 × 29.6 cm (16 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.11.46
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...