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The Abduction of Rebecca
Eugène Delacroix · 1846
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris
- Date
- 1846
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 39 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (100.3 x 81.9 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1903 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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About Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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