Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
1845
- Medium
- Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
- Classification
- Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions
- 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Helen Regenstein Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
In the summer of 1845, Delacroix went to the Pyrenees to take the waters at the spa of Eaux-Bonnes near the Spanish border, where he delighted in the natural dignity of the local peasants and the beauty of their colorful dress.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
