Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")

Eugène Delacroix

ca. 1822–30 · Graphite on tracing paper, laid down · Drawings and Prints

Delacroix registered with the Print Room at the Bibliothèque Nationale as a student in 1816. There he gained access to not only old master prints, but also a wide variety of sources for the study of costume. This sheet is composed of simple outline tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle," an illustrated history of the Christian world published in 1493.

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Date

ca. 1822–30

Medium

Graphite on tracing paper, laid down

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2013