Wild Horse or Frightened Horse Leaving the Water
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph from two stones in buff and black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.7 × 24.4 cm (10 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 24.4 × 24.1 cm (9 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
100822
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...