Macbeth Consulting the Witches
Medium
Lithograph; third state of five
Dimensions
Image: 12 9/16 × 9 7/8 in. (31.9 × 25.1 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (50.2 × 35.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.19
Tags
WitchesMacbethShakespeareMenWomen
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|William Shakespeare · 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...