He was widely believed to be the illegitimate son of the noted diplomat Talleyrand, a family friend whom he clearly resembled.
He was widely believed to be the illegitimate son of the noted diplomat Talleyrand, a family friend whom he clearly resembled. He saw himself as anti- Romantic and disliked the work of contemporaries Hugo, Balzac, and Berlioz. He only achieved acclaim late in life, long after he had painted both his Medeas, Death of Sardanapalus, and Women of Algiers. For ten points name the artist of the 1830 masterpiece Liberty Leading the People.
He was widely believed to be the illegitimate son of the noted diplomat Talleyrand, a family friend whom he clearly resembled.
Eugene Delacroix