Battle Scene with a Prisoner Being Bound, after Raphael
As a copyist, Delacroix looked repeatedly to the art of Italian Renaissance master Raphael, suggesting an enduring appreciation for elements of classicism. Here, Delacroix carefully copied an etching that reverses a pen-and-ink drawing by Raphael (ca. 1506–7; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). Although executed on tracing paper, it is not a direct tracing; this copy is smaller than the print. Nevertheless, Delacroix meticulously replicated the lines of the etching in graphite in order to study the dynamic organization of bodies in the composition.
Artwork Details
- Title: Battle Scene with a Prisoner Being Bound, after Raphael
- Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
- Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1823
- Medium: Graphite on tracing paper, laid down
- Dimensions: Overall: 7 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (19.7 x 34 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of George R. Goldner, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.1135.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix
1815–63
Eugène Delacroix
19th century
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1852
Eugène Delacroix
1798–1863
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