Young Clifford Finding the Body of his Father, from "L'Artiste"
Medium
Lithograph; third state of three
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/4 x 6 3/16 in. (22.3 x 15.7 cm) Sheet: 10 5/16 x 8 1/16 in. (26.2 x 20.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.11
Tags
AnimalsSwordsMenFathersDeath
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|L'Artiste · 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...