Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs
1828–29
Medium
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
36 folios, each sheet: 4 15/16 x 7 11/16 in. (12.5 x 19.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Sketchbooks
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alexander and Gregoire Tarnopol, 1969
Accession Number
69.165.2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...