Study for an allegorical figure of Justice in the ceiling decoration of the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon; verso: studies of allegorical figures, and architectural sketches.
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
8-9/16 x 13-1/2 in. (21.7 x 34.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession Number
16.37.4
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Human Figures
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...