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Fallen Horse and Dead Knight by Eugène Delacroix

Fallen Horse and Dead Knight

Eugène Delacroix · 1817

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Artist
Eugène Delacroix
Date
1817
Medium
Graphite, with touches of stumping, on cream wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
24.9 × 31.7 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
France
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Margaret Day Blake
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic artRomanticism
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Eugène Delacroix

1798–1863 · France

French Romantic master whose 'Lion Hunt' and exotic scenes revolutionized color and movement in 19th-century art.

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