The Abduction of Rebecca

Eugène Delacroix, 1846

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The Abduction of Rebecca, 1846. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 39 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (100.3 x 81.9 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Romanticism

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Museum title: The Abduction of Rebecca
Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
Date: 1846
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (100.3 x 81.9 cm)
Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1903
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1798–1863

Romanticism c. 1800–1850

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