The project Eugène Delacroix website 1835 was started with an extensive Introduction of forty pages. This Introduction is freely accessible and gives a clear picture of the enormous impact of this work on the history of painting.

For those wishing to delve further, a network of links is provided relating to the extensive research conducted by professionals and experts in the fields of chemistry, calligraphy, restoration and photography.

A number of links with writings by his contemporaries give a clear picture of this painter and his influence on the 19th century. The links to his Color and Drawing system came about partly through the help of the Letters of Vincent van Gogh. Further links to artists and art movements of his time, followed by the great works of art by Delacroix and the bad reviews they endured from some of his contemporaries.

Finally, attention is paid to the original features of this masterpiece. The Lion slayed by Sardanapal is unique, painted on a very large copper plate with the finesse of a miniature. With an unusual style for the time, a palette that has amazed modern chemists. The signature and provenance of this work.

The links are closed with references to the warlords, heroes, goddesses, animals and other objects depicted in an unparalleled way in this work.