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Cleopatra and the Peasant by Eugène Delacroix

Cleopatra and the Peasant

Eugène Delacroix · 1838

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Artist
Eugène Delacroix
Date
1838
Location
Ackland Art Museum
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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Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Same movement · Academic art Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1823 · Art Institute of Chicago The Estuary Farm Same era · 1820s–1850s The Estuary Farm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1831 · Art Institute of Chicago Head of a Child Same movement · Academic art Head of a Child Jacques-Louis David · 1768 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore Same era · 1820s–1850s Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore J. M. W. Turner · 1840 · Yale Center for British Art The Entombment of Christ Same movement · Academic art The Entombment of Christ Caravaggio · 1600 · Pinacoteca Vaticana The Virgin Adoring the Host Same era · 1820s–1850s The Virgin Adoring the Host Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1841 · Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Drunkenness of Noah Same movement · Academic art Drunkenness of Noah Michelangelo · 1509 · Sistine Chapel Young Woman Same era · 1820s–1850s Young Woman Jean-François Millet · 1844 · Art Institute of Chicago
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