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A Young Black Woman Fetching Water, Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863), Public domain

A Young Black Woman Fetching Water

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) · 1832 · Watercolor and graphite, heightened with gouache on paper

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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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A Young Black Woman Fetching Water is a CC0 drawing by Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863), dated 1832. Watercolor and graphite, heightened with gouache on paper. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.

“A Young Black Woman Fetching Water” (1832) favors movement and rich color over the calm line of the academy, which is Delacroix’s Romantic habit.

About the artist

Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) was the leading French Romantic painter. His pictures favor movement, rich color, and literary or historical subjects over the calm line of the academy.

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