The Wounded Goetz Taken in by the Gypsies
Eugène Delacroix
1836–43
Medium
Lithograph; second state of two
Dimensions
11 15/16 x 9 1/16 in. (30.4 x 23 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Gula V. Hirschland, 1948
Accession Number
48.126.9
Tags
SpearsMenHorses
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...