Artist
Eugène Delacroix(French, 1798–1863)French, 1798–1863
CultureFrench
Titles
- Lion dévorant un cheval (Lion Devouring a Horse)
Datec. 1844
MediumWatercolor, gouache, and gum Arabic with graphite on paper, mounted to board
DimensionsSheet: 7 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (20 × 27.3 cm)
Mount: 14 1/2 × 17 in. (36.8 × 43.2 cm)
Mount: 14 1/2 × 17 in. (36.8 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2013.455
Not on view
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Exhibition History“Eugène Delacroix,” Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, June-July 1930.
“Master Drawings from the Stephen Spector Collection,” The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, summer 1969.
“Eugène Delacroix: Themen und Variationen, Arbeiten auf Papier,” Städelschen Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1987-1988.
“Linie, Licht und Schatten: Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski,” Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany, May-August 1999
“La passion du dessin: collection Jan et Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski,” Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, France, March-June 2002.
“Eugène Delacroix,” Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany November 2003-February 2004.
“Goya bis Picasso: Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski,” Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, April-August 2005.
“Das ewige Auge: Von Rembrandt bis Picasso, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski,” Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, July-October 2007.
"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Artisit signature and date at lower left, written in brown ink: "Eug. Delacroix, 18xx (??)"
A watermark is partially viaible under extreme raking light at right upper quadrant.
Verso of frame, white tape with sharpie: "4 3442"
Verso of frame, handwritten directly on frame: "DC930038"
Verso of frame, Auction Sticker: "04-NOV-13 / Sale 3443 / Lot 4 / Christie's"
Verso of frame, Auction Label: Christie's / TK 352 / L6 / OMD (written down vertically) / (barcode) with 4092 9071 underneath
Verso of frame, handwritten directly on frame: "X18" and "X51"
On backboard, white label: "Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie / Delacroix, Eugene, 1798-1863 / Lion dévorant un cheval / ca. 1844 / 19.7 x 27.6 cm / Aquarelle, gomme arabique et gouache sur papier / JK 5565"
On backboard, white label in Ukrainian
On backboard, yellow label: "hassenkamp (written vertically) / Ausstellung: Das Ewige Auge: Von Rembrandt Bis Pic(?)7.00171301-0058 / Leihgeber: GG Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftu / D-80333 München / Kunstler: Eugéne Delacroix / Titel: Lion Devorant un Cheval / N: JK 5565 (barcode)"
Handwritten with graphite on backboard: "Delacroix"
On backboard, 2 Auction Stickers: "04-NOV-13 / Sale 3443 / Lot 4 / Christie's"
Verso of frame, white tape with sharpie: "4 3442"
Verso of frame, handwritten directly on frame: "DC930038"
Verso of frame, Auction Sticker: "04-NOV-13 / Sale 3443 / Lot 4 / Christie's"
Verso of frame, Auction Label: Christie's / TK 352 / L6 / OMD (written down vertically) / (barcode) with 4092 9071 underneath
Verso of frame, handwritten directly on frame: "X18" and "X51"
On backboard, white label: "Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie / Delacroix, Eugene, 1798-1863 / Lion dévorant un cheval / ca. 1844 / 19.7 x 27.6 cm / Aquarelle, gomme arabique et gouache sur papier / JK 5565"
On backboard, white label in Ukrainian
On backboard, yellow label: "hassenkamp (written vertically) / Ausstellung: Das Ewige Auge: Von Rembrandt Bis Pic(?)7.00171301-0058 / Leihgeber: GG Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftu / D-80333 München / Kunstler: Eugéne Delacroix / Titel: Lion Devorant un Cheval / N: JK 5565 (barcode)"
Handwritten with graphite on backboard: "Delacroix"
On backboard, 2 Auction Stickers: "04-NOV-13 / Sale 3443 / Lot 4 / Christie's"
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