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Delacroix

At The Met Fifth Avenue
September 17, 2018–January 6, 2019

Video

MetFridays—Delacroix: To Observe and Imagine, Part One

 

MetFridays—Delacroix: To Observe and Imagine, Part Two


MetFridays—Delacroix: To Observe and Imagine, Part Three



Marquee image: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). Self-Portrait in a Green Vest (detail), ca. 1837. Oil on canvas, 25 9/16 x 21 7/16 in. (65 x 54.5 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris. © RMN–Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY / Michel Urtado. Related Content images: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). The Abduction of Rebecca (detail), 1846. Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (100.3 x 81.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1903 (03.30). Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (detail), 1850. Oil over pen and ink on tracing paper; mounted on canvas and backed with linen,sheet: 22 3/8 in. x 16 in. (56.8 x 40.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2016 (2016.759). Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). Studies of Twelve Greek and Roman Coins (detail), 1825. Lithograph; second state of four, sheet: 11 5/8 x 15 7/16 in. (29.6 x 39.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931 (31.77.24)