Sunset

ca. 1850 · Drawing

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room852

On public display.

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In this state since: Sep 26, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the work

Sunset is a mid-19th-century drawing by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. Done in oil pastel on lined paper, the work depicts a sunset behind and above a gently sloping landscape.

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Particulars

Accession number: 2014.732.4

What it shows

Landscape

Sources

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