The Natchez

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
Date: 1823–24 and 1835
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 46 in. (90.2 x 116.8 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: 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
Accession no.: 1989.328

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion
Eugène Delacroix
1849–50 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001284
Lion Hunt
Eugène Delacroix
1860–61 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001285
The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan
Eugène Delacroix
1826 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001481
Study for Marphise and the Mistress of Pinabel
Eugène Delacroix
c. 1852 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002107