Orpheus Bringing Civilization to the Barbarian Ancestors of the Greeks Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)

ca. 1842–44

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Brush and watercolor and white body color over graphite underdrawing

Dimensions

sheet: 18 1/2 × 26 9/16 in. (47 × 67.4 cm)
framed: 27 1/2 × 32 × 1 1/2 in. (69.85 × 81.28 × 3.81 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

1958.9.6

Culture

French

Period

19th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
Eugene Delacroix (until his death); Constant Dutilleux (sale, Paris, 26 Mar 1874 #774); Alfred Robaut; Alfred Beurdeley (sale Paris 30 Nov & 1-2 Dec 1920, #117); Mrs. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1958)
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

watercolors

Inscriptions

Signed with pen and brown ink at BR: "Eug. Delacroix" illegible annotation with pencil at TL

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