Eugène Delacroix The Barque of Dante 1822 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix The Barque of Dante (detail) 1822 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix Combat of the Giaour and Hassan 1826 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
Eugène Delacroix Sketches for The Death of Sardanapalus ca. 1827 pastel Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix The Death of Sardanapalus (detail) 1827 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix The Death of Sardanapalus (detail) 1827 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix The Death of Sardanapalus 1844 oil on canvas (reduced autograph replica) Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Eugène Delacroix Crucifixion, with Mary Magdalen 1829 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Eugène Delacroix 28 July - Liberty leading the People 1830 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix 28 July - Liberty leading the People (detail) 1830 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix 28 July - Liberty leading the People (detail) 1830 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Eugène Delacroix Return of Christopher Columbus 1839 oil on canvas Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio |
Eugène Delacroix Christ on the Sea of Galilee 1841 oil on canvas Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City |
Eugène Delacroix Sketch for Lion Hunt 1854 oil on canvas Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
Eugène Delacroix Lion Hunt 1855 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
"By the late 1820s Delacroix was seen as the leader of the Romantic faction in French art, while Ingres was honoured as the head of contemporary classicism. Ingres's disdain for Delacroix was open; Delacroix did not, however, accept the role thrust on him, always asserting his respect for the classical tradition."
– Erika Langmuir and Norbert Lynton, Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists (2000)