The Smuggler's Flight
Eugène Delacroix
1826
Medium
Lithograph in black on white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.2 × 15.7 cm (4 1/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 12.3 × 17.6 cm (4 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
94581
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...