Hoofd van Persephone met dubbele aar in het haar
Eugène Delacroix
1825
Medium
paper
Dimensions
110
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Afbeelding van de voorzijde van een grote (Carthageense?) munt: het hoofd van Persephone met dubbele aar in het haar, in profiel.
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...