Wild Horse
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph; first state of two
Dimensions
Image: 9 x 9 1/4 in. (22.9 x 23.5 cm) Sheet: 12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in. (31 x 26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.77.20
Tags
Horses
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...