Fine Art

The Natchez — History & Facts

Purchase, Gifts of George N. and Helen M. Richard and Mr.

and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh and Bequest of Emma A.

Sheafer, by exchange, 1989

More Artworks by Eugène Delacroix

A glimpse into a harem with women lounging among luxurious textiles.

Femmes d'Alger dans leur intérieur

Eugène Delacroix

A Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother

A Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother

Eugène Delacroix

A group of exhausted men, women, and children sit and lie in the foreground while a mounted soldier in a pink turban raises his sword above a cowering nude figure beneath his horse.

The Massacre at Chios

Eugène Delacroix

Two women recline side by side on a low divan surrounded by cushions and draped fabrics in a quiet interior.

Women of Algiers

Eugène Delacroix

Three women seated in a richly decorated interior, surrounded by patterned textiles and a standing servant.

Women of Algiers in Their Apartment

Eugène Delacroix

A man in white robes reclines on a red-draped bed with golden elephant heads, surrounded by scattered treasures and figures amid turmoil.

Death of Sardanapalus

Eugène Delacroix

A small wooden boat crowded with figures crosses a churning green river surrounded by naked bodies writhing in the water beneath a stormy sky.

The Barque of Dante

Eugène Delacroix

A muscular man wrestles a winged angel on grass beneath towering trees, with scattered weapons and distant figures in the background.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Eugène Delacroix

A woman raises a large flag above her head surrounded by a crowd of loosely painted, dynamic figures against a vivid blue and white sky.

la liberté guidant le peuple

Eugène Delacroix

A woman wearing a Phrygian cap holds the French tricolour flag aloft while leading armed revolutionaries over a barricade with smoke and Notre-Dame in the background.

Liberty Leading the People

Eugène Delacroix

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More Historical Art

The Roses of Heliogabalus

The Roses of Heliogabalus

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

The Last Day of Pompeii

The Last Day of Pompeii

Karl Bryullov

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau

Antoine-Jean Gros

The Menin Road

The Menin Road

Paul Nash

Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa

Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa

Antoine-Jean Gros

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Emanuel Leutze

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