Eugène Delacroix
Saint Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Saint Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross
Date1829
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPanel: 13 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (35.2 × 27 cm)
Frame: 18 1/4 × 15 × 2 in. (46.4 × 38.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number2000.334
Non exposé

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ProvenancePainted for Alfred Saucède; [sale M.S. Schwabacher of Vienna and M. L.R. March 23, 1875, lot 21]; [anonymous sale by Bloche, Hôtel Drouot, January 29, 1877, lot 21]; Georges Viau; [Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1918]; Hodebert, by 1926; Dr. Hans Graber, Zurich, by 1939; [with Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1976]; purchased by Mrs. Efrem Kurtz, 1976; given to MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition History"Exhibition of French art," Charlottenberg, Sweden, October 1918.

"Delacroix," Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1939.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of canvas in a circle: "Douane Central"
Painted in red, verso of canvas: "25"
Signed in black, recto, lower right: "Eug. Delacroix 27 mai / 1829"

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