Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798-1863
The Wounded Götz Cared for by the Bohemians
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Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798-18631836
The Wounded Götz Cared for by the Bohemians
Eugène Delacroix French, 1798-1863 →lithographprint
Date
1836
Medium
Lithograph in black with scrapping on stone, on thin off-white paper laid down on thick ivory wove paper (chine colle')
Dimensions
Image: 30.4 × 23 cm (12 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 27 cm (14 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Drawing inspiration from literature and theater, Eugène Delacroix developed a long-standing interest in the writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832). He completed a series of prints based on the famous Faust and seven lithographs, including this one, from Goetz of Berlichingen. Goetz’s reputation as a noble knight spread so far that even the gypsies declared their loyalty to him and provided him with aid. Goethe highly praised Delacroix’s interpretations of scenes from his plays, such as this one.
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