Gandalf's Gallery: Eugène Delacroix - Henri IV Conferring the Regency upon Marie de' Medici [before 1834]
Eugène Delacroix - Henri IV Conferring the Regency upon Marie de' Medici [before 1834], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (Charenton, April 26, 1798 – Paris, August 13, 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement.