Editing Eugène Delacroix (section)

===Religious works===

[[File:Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Sea of Galilee - Google Art Project (27796212).jpg|thumbnail|''Christ on the [[Sea of Galilee]]'', 1854 ]]

Delacroix painted hundreds of religious works in his lifetime and had a strong interest in Christianity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2009-06-08 |title=The Unknown Delacroix: The religious imagination of a Romantic painter |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/700/art/unknown-delacroix |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=America Magazine |language=en |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213195206/https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/700/art/unknown-delacroix |url-status=live }}</ref> He had many commissions for religious paintings, including pieces for the Saints-Anges chapel of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delacroix's Works in Paris – Musée Delacroix |url=https://www.musee-delacroix.fr/en/museum-studio/eugene-delacroix-37/delacroix-in-paris-178/delacroix-s-works-in-paris |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.musee-delacroix.fr |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213195208/https://www.musee-delacroix.fr/en/museum-studio/eugene-delacroix-37/delacroix-in-paris-178/delacroix-s-works-in-paris |url-status=live }}</ref> His religious paintings and style would shift drastically depending on the needs of the commission.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Allard |first1=Sébastien |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHlqDwAAQBAJ&q=religion |title=Delacroix |last2=Fabre |first2=Côme |last3=Font-Réaulx |first3=Dominique de |last4=Hannoosh |first4=Michèle |last5=Korchane |first5=Mehdi |last6=Miller |first6=Asher |year=2018 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-1-58839-651-8 |page=121 |language=en}}</ref>

Some of his religious works, such as ''[[Christ on the Sea of Galilee]]'', had multiple painted versions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eugène Delacroix {{!}} Christ Asleep during the Tempest |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436176 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |language=en |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104133239/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436176 |url-status=live }}</ref> Delacroix's ''Pietà,'' a painting of the Virgin Mary mourning Christ after his death, was eventually redone by [[Vincent van Gogh|Vincent Van Gogh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pietà (after Delacroix) Vincent van Gogh, 1889 |url=https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0168V1962 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Van Gogh Museum |language=en |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213200710/https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0168V1962 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Delacroix reflected on religion through his paintings, and his religious works often show subtle details to Biblical texts.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bland |first=Cynthia |date=2022 |title=Inspiration, innovation, and emotion: The early religious paintings of Eugène Delacroix |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/066fbff30a37c2e2d7a0757eb3578050/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y |journal=The University of Iowa |page=2 |id={{ProQuest|302145698}} |archive-date=13 February 2024 |access-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213195206/https://www.proquest.com/openview/066fbff30a37c2e2d7a0757eb3578050/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y |url-status=live }}</ref> While considered an unbeliever or agnostic, his journal and paintings reveal an openness and receptiveness to spirituality through his art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Soul of Eugene Delacroix |url=https://fslt.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/statelibrary/search/detailnonmodal/eds:$002f$002f907684791$002f0$002fedsgac$007c$007cedsgac.A53412883/ada/de625a1e-b45f-48f0-b4b3-e6ad7787e3bc.TRnkVot1r6iHeKylApjroA$003d$003d?qu=delacroix+religion&if=el%09edsSelectFacet%09FT&if=ee%09edsExpanderFacet%09relatedsubjects&d=eds://907684791/0/edsgac%7C%7Cedsgac.A53412883~907684791~5&h=8 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=fslt.ent.sirsi.net}}</ref><ref name=":0" />