Esquisse avec variantes pour le grand tableau commandé en 1854, présenté à l'Exposition Universelle de 1855, partiellement détruit par un incendie en 1870 (musée de Bordeaux), vendue après le décès de Leon Riesener (Paris, Drouot, 11 Avril 1879), cette esquisse fut retirée de la vente et resta chez les descendants de Riesener.

Location:

musée d'Orsay

See more about this artwork:

On the Musée d'Orsay website

About the author(s)

Author:

Eugène Delacroix

Also known as:

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugene Delacroix

Eugene Delacroix

Ferdinand-Eugène-Victor Delacroix

Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix

Ferdinand-Eugene-Victor Delacroix

Delacroix Eug.

E. Delacroix

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eugen delacroix

Delacroix Eugène

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Eug. delacroix

Born:

26th Apr, 1798

Dead:

13th Aug, 1863

Country:

France

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (French: [ø.ʒɛn də.la.kʁwa]; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. As a painter and muralist, Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated… Read more...