Theatrical Troupe on the Road
Eugène Delacroix
1818
Medium
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 17 3/8 in. (27.1 × 44.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Karen B. Cohen Gift, 2015
Accession Number
2015.393
Tags
Musical InstrumentsMenWomenCarriages
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...