Weislingen Attacked by the Forces of Goetz (Weislingen attaqué par les gens de Goetz)
Eugène Delacroix
1836
Medium
lithograph on chine collé on wove paper
Dimensions
image (chine): 31.7 × 27.1 cm (12 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 52.1 × 36 cm (20 1/2 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.279
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...