Macbeth Consulting the Witches
1825
Delacroix captures the eerie moment Macbeth meets the three witches in this swirling, chaotic lithograph from 1825. Notice how Macbeth stands stiff and stoic on the left, arms crossed, completely contrasting with the wild, hunched figures of the witches bubbling their cauldron on the right. This piece is a perfect example of Romanticism, where emotion and the supernatural take center stage over calm logic. Delacroix created this as part of a series illustrating Shakespeare's plays, proving that the Bard's dark tales were just as inspiring to French painters as they were to English actors!
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