Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; centaur; and seven putti (three with wings)
Artwork Details
- Title: Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; centaur; and seven putti (three with wings)
- Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
- Date: 1798–1863
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, faint graphite indications (lyre of seated figure) on wove paper
- Dimensions: 10-1/16 x 14-1/8 in. (25.6 x 35.9 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Alice F. Steiner, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.84
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix
1815–63
Eugène Delacroix
19th century
Multiple artists/makers
1852
Eugène Delacroix
1798–1863
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