(b. 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, d. 1863, Paris)
Michelangelo in his Studio
1849-50
Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 cm
Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Delacroix seems here to identify with Michelangelo, whom he greatly admired, finding in him a symbol of his own predicament as a misunderstood artist. Michelangelo is seen wearing a red scarf, an accoutrement for which Delacroix was famous.
