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Artist: Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
Alternative names: Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix
French painter, draughtsman, aquarellist and photographer
Work location: Paris, United Kingdom, France, Algeria, Morocco, Netherlands (1839), Belgium
Title: Erminia and the Shepherds
Object type: Painting
Description: Several of Delacroix’s paintings are on subjects from the Italian Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso’s epic poem Jerusalem Delivered from 1581 – a story about the battle between the mediaeval crusaders and the Muslim Saracens. In Tasso’s story, Erminia is a Syrian princess who has fallen in love with the Christian crusader Tancred. The painting shows a scene in which she is disguised as a knight to search for her lover who has been wounded in battle. Erminia encounters some shepherds who are frightened by her belligerent appearance.
Date: 1859
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 82 cm (32.3 in). Width: 104.5 cm (41.1 in).
Framed: Height: 129 cm (50.8 in). Width: 146 cm (57.5 in). Depth: 17 cm (6.7 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: Eug. Delacroix 1859
SKU: 274357
