The Blacksmith
Eugène Delacroix
1833
Medium
Etching and aquatint in black on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.8 × 9.5 cm (6 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet; sight: 22.7 × 16.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
228044
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...