Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

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: 1850
Medium: Oil over pen and ink on tracing paper; mounted on canvas and backed with linen
Dimensions: Sheet: 22 3/8 in. × 16 in. (56.8 × 40.6 cm) Framed: 29 × 22 1/2 in. (73.7 × 57.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2016
Accession no.: 2016.759

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