Eugène Delacroix, Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853

Eugène Delacroix, Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853, oil on canvas, h 50.8 x w 61 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853, oil on canvas, h 50.8 x w 61 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853, oil on canvas, h 50.8 x w 61 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.

Christ Asleep during the Tempest is an oil on canvas painting by the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix, executed c. 1853. The painting is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[1]

After seeing the painting in 1886, while it was on display in Paris, Vincent van Gogh wrote: "Christ’s boat—I’m talking about the blue and green sketch with touches of purple and red and a little lemon yellow for the halo, the aureole—speaks a symbolic language through color itself."

Artist
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

Title
Christ Asleep during the Tempest

Part of
Christ on the Sea of Galilee

Series title
Christ on the Sea of Galilee

Object type
painting

Genre
religious art

Date
circa 1853

Medium
oil on canvas

Dimensions
h 50.8 x w 61 cm

Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Asleep_during_the_Tempest