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A Young Black Woman Fetching Water
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About this work
In 1832, the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix was invited to accompany the Count de Mornay, ambassador to the Sultan of Morocco, on a journey to Spain, Morocco, and Algeria. While there, he created this watercolor depicting a young woman—likely an enslaved African—as she engaged in domestic work. The drawing was one of 18 that Delacroix included in an album given to the count as a souvenir of their travels.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA Young Black Woman Fetching Water, 1832. Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). Watercolor and graphite, heightened with gouache on paper; support: 32.4 x 25.9 cm (12 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.); matted: 34.9 x 27.9 cm (13 3/4 x 11 in.); sheet: 23.5 x 16.4 cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2023.123
