Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha
Eugène Delacroix
1827
Medium
Lithograph; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 11 in. (40.6 × 27.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John J. McKendry Fund, 1996
Accession Number
1996.424
Tags
MenHorses
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...