Studies for Christopher Columbus
Eugène Delacroix · pen and brown ink and graphite
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About this picture
Studies for Christopher Columbus is a public-domain drawing by Eugène Delacroix. Pen and brown ink and graphite. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Studies for Christopher Columbus” (date not listed) 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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