Eugène Delacroix

pencil drawing of seated man with leg crossed atop his knee
The Eveillard Gift
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This exhibition presents a remarkable promised gift of European works on paper. Along with figurative sketches, independent studies, and portraits are two vivid landscape scenes. Artists include Boucher, Caillebotte, Degas, Fragonard, Goya, Sargent, and Vigée Le Brun.

man standing in gallery looking at painting closely
Curators Reflect: Delacroix’s “North African Man and Woman with Baskets of Vegetables and Fruit”

“For me, this is a drawing about the desire to know more and the frustration of knowing too little.” Giulio Dalvit, Assistant Curator of Sculpture, investigates an enigmatic pastel created by Eugène Delacroix. He reveals how the scene poses more questions than it answers—first and foremost, who are this man and woman, and where are we? Learn more about all the works on view in The Eveillard Gift, through February 26, 2023.