The Wounded Goetz Taken In by the Gypsies
Eugène Delacroix
1836–43
Medium
Lithograph; second state of two
Dimensions
Image: 11 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (30.3 × 23 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 13 11/16 in. (47 × 34.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.20
Tags
MenHorses
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...