Eugène Delacroix
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Battle Scene, This work depicts a religious scene., c.1833
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0879; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's on October 23, 1963.
Deteriorating Wall, This work depicts a deteriorating stone wall.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0880.2; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's in 1961.
Justice of Trajan, "Delacroix exhibited this painting at the Salon in 1840, then again at a retrospective of his work at the 1855 Universal Expo in Paris. The subject is taken from Dante’s Purgatory (Canto X), and the artist included a long extract of the poem, translated by his friend Antoni Deschamps, in the accompanying booklet.
It was probably Frederic Villot, conservator at the Louvre, who pointed Delacroix towards this episode in which the Roman Emperor Trajan, the archetype of a just leader, is setting out on campaign when he is stopped by a widow demanding justice for the death of her son. The Emperor yields to her pleas and, accepting her demands, postpones his departure. As always, the critics were divided in their reactions to the work, with Baudelaire and Gautier marking it out for particular praise. It was immediately acquired by the State to be sent to Bordeaux but on the request of the artist, who wished to honour the memory of Gericault, it was ultimately conserved in the Musee de Rouen. The museum also has several preparatory drawings for the painting in its collections."
-http://mbarouen.fr/en/oeuvres/the-justice-of-trajan
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0885; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Mythological Scene, This work depicts a mythological scene.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0876; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Christie's on November 25, 1964.
Mythological Scene, This work depicts a mythological scene.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0877; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's November 25, 1964.
Portrait of a Soldier, This work depicts a soldier on a horse.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0880.1; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's in 1961.
Prisoners, This work depicts the interior of a prison., 1825
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0881.1; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's in 1961.
Religious Scene, This work depicts a religious scene.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0878; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's on June 24, 1963.
Religious Scene, This work depicts a religious scene.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0879; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.; Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's on June 24, 1963.
Sketch of Armored Soldiers, This work depicts two soldiers in armor riding on horses.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0887; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's on November 24, 1964.
Sketch of Baachus, This work depicts a sketch of Baachus.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0886; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's on June 23, 1965.
Sketch, This work is a sketch of legs.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0881.2; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's in 1961.
Study for The Last Words of Marcus Aurelius, This work depicts a study for the death of Marcus Aurelius., 1845
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0882.2; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's in April of 1912.; This finished work hangs in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon.
Study for The Last Words of Marcus Aurelius, This work depicts a study for the painting the death of Marcus Aurelius., 1845
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0882.1; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's in April of 1912.
Study of Figure for "Barque des Morts", This work depicts a nude male figure from the work "Barque des Morts."
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0883; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
The Riding Lesson, This work depicts a child on a horse.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0884; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
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