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Eugène Delacroix, Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853

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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 symb...

Eugène Delacroix, Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854

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Eugène Delacroix, Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854 The Calming of the Storm at Sea He got into a boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" He said to them, "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. The men were amazed and said, "What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?" (Matthew 8,24-26) Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854, oil on canvas, 59.8 x 73.3 cm, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America[1] Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854, oil on canvas, 59.8 x 73.3 cm, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America[2] Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854, oil on canvas, 59.8...