Home Eugène Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art Eugène Delacroix. Christ calming the storm, 1853 ca. Oil on canvas, cm. 50,8 X 61. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Eugène Delacroix. Christ calming the storm, 1853 ca. Oil on canvas, cm. 50,8 X 61. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Edouard Manet. Music in the Tuileries Gardens, 1862. Oil on canvas, cm. 76.2 x 118.1. The National Gallery, London, Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917 © The National Gallery, London. Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix. Christ calming the storm, 1853 ca. Oil on canvas, cm. 50,8 X 61. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Edouard Manet. The Boat of Dante (after Delacroix), 1859 ca. Oil on canvas, cm. 33 × 41. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Eugène Delacroix. Combat of the Giaour and Hassan, 1835. Oil on canvas, cm. 73.7 x 61. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts of the City of Paris – © Roger-Viollet / REX