Art, literature & history
A Young Black Woman Fetching Water
1832
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- Watercolor and graphite, heightened with gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection no.
- 2023.123
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Eugène Delacroix. A Young Black Woman Fetching Water. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
A Young Black Woman Fetching Water — Eugène Delacroix. 1832.
Medium: Watercolor and graphite, heightened with gouache on paper. Dimensions: 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.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.