Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"
Eugène Delacroix
1845
Medium
Graphite; squared in white chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 1/2 × 19 9/16 in. (59.7 × 49.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.202
Tags
SoldiersMenHorses
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...