A Moorish Couple on Their Terrace

Eugène Delacroix  (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)

Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor over traces of graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:
5-3/8 x 7-7/16 in. (13.7 x 18.9 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1963
Accession Number:
63.215
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Pen and brown ink, lower left: Eug. Delacroix

    Inscription: Sheet of paper pasted on back of mount with following inscription: 23303 Eugène Delacroix - 1832 (painted at Toulon)/ page 8#6 of volume of 18 watercolors presented by Delacroix (to comte Charles de Mornay - volume sold at auction (Hotel Drouot, Paris - Mar 29, 1877)

  • Provenance

    Comte Charles de Mornay(given by Delacroix); Hôtel Drouot, Paris(sale March 29, 1877, lot 6); M. Feral ; M. Borthon, Dijon

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robaut 497; MMA 1991.26

  • References

    Hôtel Drouot, Paris Catalogue de Tableaux et Aquarelles par Eugene Delacroix Appartenant a M. Le Comte de Mornay. Paris, March 29, 1877, cat. no. 6, p. 8.

    Alfred-Ernest Robaut L'Oeuvre complet d'Eugène Delacroix: Peintures, Dessins, Gravures, Lithographies. Paris, 1885, cat. no. 497, p. 133.

    Agnes Mongan "Souvenirs of Delacroix's Journey to Morocco in American Collections" in Master Drawings. 1, 1963.

    Linda Boyer Gillies, Colta Ives Classicism and Romanticism. French Drawings and Prints 1800-1860.. exhibition checklist, New York, 1970, cat. no. 23, p. 5.

    Jacob Bean Drawings Recently Acquired, 1969-1971. Exh. cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 18 - April 16. . New York, 1972, cat. no. 65, p. 27.

    Christopher Finch Nineteenth-Century Watercolors. New York, London, Paris, 1991, fig. no. 127, p. 106, ill.



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