DELACROIX, Eugène
(b. 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, d. 1863, Paris)

A Mad Woman

c. 1822
Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans

This haunting oil study of an old woman in despair, prepared for the Massacre at Chios, was taken from a Parisian model.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 9 minutes):
Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata in D minor RV 62 op. 1 No. 12 (La Follia)