The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan
Eugène Delacroix
1826
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.6 × 73.4 cm (23 1/2 × 28 7/8 in.); Framed: 87.4 × 101.3 cm (34 3/8 × 39 7/8 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
110663
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...