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Self Portrait as Ravenswood by Eugène Delacroix

Self Portrait as Ravenswood

Eugène Delacroix · 1821

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Artist
Eugène Delacroix
Date
1821
Location
Eugène-Delacroix National 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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Beyond Delacroix and Romanticism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Self Portrait as Ravenswood belongs to.

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 · 1800s–1830s 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 Rome, from the Vatican. Raffaelle, Accompanied by La Fornarina, Preparing his Pictures for the Decoration of the Loggia Same era · 1800s–1830s Rome, from the Vatican. Raffaelle, Accompanied by La Fornarina, Preparing his Pictures for the Decoration of the Loggia J. M. W. Turner · 1820 · National Gallery The Entombment of Christ Same movement · Academic art The Entombment of Christ Caravaggio · 1600 · Pinacoteca Vaticana Saturn Devouring His Son Same era · 1800s–1830s Saturn Devouring His Son Francisco Goya · 1820 · Museo del Prado Drunkenness of Noah Same movement · Academic art Drunkenness of Noah Michelangelo · 1509 · Sistine Chapel Two Men Contemplating the Moon Same era · 1800s–1830s Two Men Contemplating the Moon Caspar David Friedrich · 1819 · Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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