The Figure of Religion (recto/verso)

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: 1820–21
Medium: Pen and brush with iron gall ink (recto); pen and iron gall ink over graphite (verso)
Dimensions: Overall: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (17.4 x 21.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Christa M. Savino, 2013
Accession no.: 2013.1135.8

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