Blacksmith
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Aquatint on cream Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Image/plate: 16 × 9.6 cm (6 5/16 × 3 13/16 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 19.3 cm (11 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
29133
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...