Jacob Wrestling with the Angel 1854-61 Oil and wax on plaster, 751 x 485 cm (whole painting) Saint-Sulpice, Paris Jacob Wrestling with the Angel has been read as a summary of Delacroix's life and work. Indeed the leitmotif of his career is the struggle - a spiritual combat - between his aspiration to classicism and his Romantic genius, between his admiration for Racine and his love of Shakespeare. Artist: DELACROIX, Eugene Title: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (detail) , painting Date: 1801-1850 French : religious
The Death of Sardanapalus 1827 Oil on canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris The woman writhing at the foot of the royal bed as a dagger is raised to her throat wears an expression of suffering too voluptuous for contemporary taste. Artist: DELACROIX, Eugene Title: The Death of Sardanapalus (detail) , painting Date: 1801-1850 French : historical
The Death of Sardanapalus 1827 Oil on canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris Artist: DELACROIX, Eugene Title: The Death of Sardanapalus (detail) , painting Date: 1801-1850 French : historical