Eugène DelacroixFrench, 1798–1863Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Room801New York, United States
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- Sep 26, 2026
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About the painting
Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe is an 1823 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. It features a scene from the 1819 novel Ivanhoe by the British writer Walter Scott. Based on Chapter 29, it features a wounded Ivanhoe straining to get out of his sickbed while Rebecca describes the raging battle outside to him. The two are imprisoned at the time in the castle of Torquilstone.
Delacroix was a leading figure of the Romantic movement, known for The Barque of Dante and the later Liberty Leading the People. This was his first attempt to depict a subject based on Scott, a popular inspiration for French romantics along with Lord Byron and William Shakespeare. Today the painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which acquired it in 2019.
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- Accession number
- 2019.141.9
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Meanwhile, in the life of Eugène Delacroix
The whole life1822
Salon Debut: "The Barque of Dante"
Delacroix's first major painting, The Barque of Dante, was accepted by the Paris Salon of 1822; the work caused a sensation and was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Galleries.
1824
Success of "The Massacre at Chios" at the Salon
Shown at the Salon of 1824, The Massacre at Chios, devoted to the tragedies of the Greek War of Independence, brought Delacroix genuine success: the authorities recognized him as the leading painter of the new Romantic style, and the painting was bought by the state.
1825
Journey to England
During a trip to England Delacroix visited Thomas Lawrence and Richard Parkes Bonington; the color and manner of English painting gave impetus to his subsequent work.
c. 1825
Lithographs for Shakespeare
By 1825 Delacroix was producing lithographs illustrating Shakespeare, and soon afterwards lithographs and paintings based on Goethe's Faust.
