Home Eugène Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art Eugène Delacroix. The Death of Sardanapalus 1827. Oil on canvas, cm. 395 x 425. Louvre Museum, Paris

Eugène Delacroix. The Death of Sardanapalus 1827. Oil on canvas, cm. 395 x 425. Louvre Museum, Paris

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. The Death of Sardanapalus 1827. Oil on canvas, cm. 395 x 425. Louvre Museum, Paris

Eugène Delacroix. The Boat of Dante, 1822. Oil on canvas, cm. 189 x 246. Louvre museum, Paris

Eugène Delacroix. View of Tangier with Figures, about 1853. Oil on canvas, cm. 47 x 56. © The Minneapolis Institute of Art Gift of Georgiana Slade Reny