Studies of Twelve Greek and Roman Coins

Eugène Delacroix

1825 · Lithograph; second state of four · Drawings and Prints

Delacroix developed his style of modeling by studying Greek and Roman coins in the collections of his friends Louis Auguste Schwiter and P. L. J. Casimir, duc de Blacas. His "système des oeufs" or "egg system," as his assistant, De Planet, called it, involved constructing with ovoid shapes to emphasize mass rather than line.

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Date

1825

Medium

Lithograph; second state of four

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931