Michelangelo in his Studio
by DELACROIX, Eugène, Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 cm
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.