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Eugène Delacroix

486 works

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Oil sketch of two standing men in white pleated Suliote costumes with embroidered jackets and gold-ornamented shoes.

Two studies of Suliote costumes

1824

Painting of a seated nude woman with an updo on a draped wooden block against a green background.

Mademoiselle Rose

1817

Interior of a striped room with a red canopied bed, a sofa, gilt portraits, a bookcase and a hanging chandelier.

L'appartement du comte de Mornay

1831

Painting of a woman in red drapery lying across a tiger in a wooded landscape with tall reeds and a clay jug.

Inderin, von einem Tiger zerrissen

1856

Painting of a crouching lioness with bared teeth on a grassy slope, with misty mountains behind her under a blue sky.

Lionne prête à s'élancer

1863

Painting of a turbaned rider with a raised sword on a rearing grey horse fighting a lion in a dark landscape.

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion

1849-50

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair and feathered headpiece, wearing a black velvet dress with gold trim and yellow

Bildnis der Madame François Simon

1829

Painting of mourners lifting Christ's body inside a rocky cave beneath a stormy sky, with a woman in dark blue at right.

Beweinung Christi

1857

Loose oil sketch of an apotheosis: an armored man in red rising among nude figures, putti, and clouds, with a lion below.

Apotheose des Herzogs von Buckingham

1833

Painting of a bearded man in red robe and green cloak lying on grass beside a stream, with dark trees and a glowing sky behin

The Agony in the Garden

1851

Loose oil study of a figure in yellow embroidered jacket, red sash and black cloak, holding a jeweled box, seen from behind.

Figure in Turkish Costume

c. 1856-1863

Oil portrait of a young blond child in a blue garment against a dark background, by Eugène Delacroix.

Marguerite-Juliette Pierret

c. 1827

Painting of monks conversing in an arched corridor with a bearded man in red and a seated figure on a bench.

Christopher Columbus and His Son at La Rábida

1838

Painting of armed riders and men fighting in a mountain valley, with a rearing horse, fallen figures, smoke and a hilltop cas

Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains

1863

Reddish-brown horse tethered by a rope to a wooden post on a sandy plain under a dramatic, cloudy sky.

A Horse Hitched to a Post

c. 1820

Two Studies of a Standing Indian from Calcutta

c. 1823/1824

Two painted studies of a man in white robes, one standing with a cane and one seated in a chair, against a dark background.

Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

c. 1823/1824

Painting of a crouching tiger snarling at a snake coiled around a tree trunk, with a rocky hillside behind.

Tiger and Snake

1862

Circular oil sketch by Delacroix of allegorical figures among clouds under a blue sky, with a garland and kneeling figures be

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris. La Paix vient consoler les hommes et leur ramène l'abo…

1854

Oil sketch of Mercury crouching in a winged helmet beside a sailing ship and a winged figure, in warm reds and golds.

Mercure : Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

1852

Oil sketch of Neptune reclining with a trident amid dark blue waves, framed in ochre, by Eugène Delacroix.

Neptune apaisant les flots : Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

1852

Oil sketch of a reclining helmeted woman in blue drapery beside a lyre and tree, within a gold oval border.

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Minerve

1852

Oil sketch of Hercules in a red cloak raising a club while wrestling the centaur Nessus under a blue sky.

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule tuant le centaure Nessus

1852

Sketch of a half-nude hero with a bow beside a rearing horse, a fallen warrior and sword below, blue sky.

Esquisse pour le Salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule vainqueur d'Hippolyte, reine des Amazones

1852

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and black bow tie against a dim brown background.

Portrait d'Eugène Laval (1818-1896), architecte

1860

Oil painting of a haloed young woman reading a book with an older woman, a bearded man behind, and two putti above with roses

L'éducation de la Vierge, d'après Rubens

1839

Loose oil sketch of mounted warriors trampling figures across a smoky, fiery landscape with distant mountains and a blue bann

Esquisse pour la bibliothèque du palais Bourbon : Attila suivi de ses hordes barbares foule aux pieds l'Italie et les…

1844

Painting of a turbaned rider with a raised sword on a rearing white horse, a fallen figure below, under a stormy sky.

Le Combat du Giaour et du Pacha

1835

Painting of a dead hare hanging upside down against a dark rock wall, with a muted landscape visible to the right.

Hare

Pen and watercolor sketch of turbaned men in white robes on horses with red saddle cloths, with handwritten colour notes.

Sketchbook

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and high collar, leaning on a red wooden chair against a warm brown background.

Portrait of Count Charles de Mornay

1837

Painting of nymphs in a wooded meadow, one kneeling with flowers as a serpent appears in the grass below.

The Spring - Eurydice bitten by a serpent while picking flowers (Eurydice's death)

1856