1825
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Sheet of Four Antique Medals is a 1825 by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows four ancient-looking medals arranged like a collage. One medal has a warrior fighting a horse, another shows a bull, a third has a face with curly hair, and the last features a figure standing on a rock. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a hurried note. These drawings copy old coins, which were often used to study history and art. Delacroix made them in 1825 while exploring ancient themes. Look up Romanticism to see how artists like Delacroix used history for inspiration.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH; French: ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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