Eugène Delacroix (26th Apr, 1798 - 13th Aug, 1863)

The Barque of Dante

1822

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

musée du Louvre

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP

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About the artwork

Title:

The Barque of Dante

Periods:

19th century

contemporary period from 1789 until 1914

Techniques:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

1890 x 2460

Inventory number:

INV3820

Detail:

painting by Eugène Delacroix

Location:

musée du Louvre

See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:

The Barque of Dante (French: La Barque de Dante), sometimes known as Dante and Virgil in Hell (Dante et Virgile aux enfers), is the first major painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, and one of the works signalling a shift in the character of narrative painting from Neo-Classicism towards the Romantic movement. It was completed for the opening of the Salon of 1822 and currently hangs in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The painting is loosely based on fictional events taken from canto eight… Read more...

About the author(s)

Author:

Eugène Delacroix

Also known as:

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugene Delacroix

Eugene Delacroix

Ferdinand-Eugène-Victor Delacroix

Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix

Ferdinand-Eugene-Victor Delacroix

Delacroix Eug.

E. Delacroix

e. delacroix

eugen delacroix

Delacroix Eugène

delacroix e.

Eug. delacroix

Born:

26th Apr, 1798

Dead:

13th Aug, 1863

Country:

France

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (French: [ø.ʒɛn də.la.kʁwa]; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. As a painter and muralist, Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated… Read more...