Figure in a Doorway

Eugène Delacroix

1832 · Watercolor over graphite · Drawings and Prints

As part of a government mission to Morocco, Delacroix gained entry to places typically inaccessible to Europeans. The buildings in this drawing may represent part of the royal palace complex at Meknès, which the French delegation visited following their audience with Sultan Abd er-Rahman (r. 1822–59). The pinkish-red terracotta color surrounding the window here appears frequently among his visual souvenirs of architecture, decoration, and dress in Morocco and Andalusia.

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Date

1832

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Alan Salz, 2013