Eugène Delacroix
Study of a Forest

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Artist Eugène DelacroixFrench, 1798–1863

CultureFrench

Titles

Study of a Forest

Datec. 1842-1846

MediumGraphite and wash on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 5 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (14.1 × 22.4 cm)
Frame: 13 × 16 3/16 × 2 in. (33 × 41.1 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by the Stuart Collection Endowment Fund in honor of Gary Tinterow

Object number2023.189

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceEstate of artist; [Delacroix Atelier Sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22-27 February 1864] [1]; possibly sold to M. Alfred Sensier (1815-1877); possibly His sale[Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11-12 December 1877, lot 367 (p. 69) (as Vingt-six croquis de paysages)]; [France, Auction (SVV Denis HERBETTE), 12 December 2021, lot unknown]; Private collection, France; sold to [Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, as of December 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

[1] Possibly part lot 590 (p. 69), described as “drawings and watercolors made in Nohant in 1842 and 1843”
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Recto: Estate Sale Stamp in red ink, bottom left corner: E.D [cursive]

Catalogue raisonnéRobaut, Chesneau, and Calmettes, Cat. 1713

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