The Consultation
Eugène Delacroix
1820
Medium
Lithograph in black on white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.2 × 24.7 cm (7 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 44 cm (11 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
100823
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...