Wild Horse, or Frightened Horse Leaving the Water
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph, in black, on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23 × 24 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 27.8 cm (14 1/4 × 11 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74127
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...