Eugène Delacroix
Un Forgeron (A Blacksmith)

ArtistFrench, 1798–1863
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Un Forgeron (A Blacksmith)
Date1833, printed 1867
Printed inParis, France
Published inParis, France
MediumEtching and aquatint with drypoint
DimensionsPlate: 6 1/4 × 3 13/16 in. (15.9 × 9.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 13/16 × 12 1/4 in. (42.7 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
Object number88.305
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Texas; given to MFAH, 1988.
Catalogue raisonnéDelteil/Strauber 19 V/VI, Moreau 21

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