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La Pietà

After Eugène Delacroix French
Etcher Edmond Hédouin French
Printer Delamain French
1852
Not on view
This etching reproduces Delacroix's Pietà completed in 1844 in Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement, Paris. It was published first in the journal "L'Artiste" on February 2, 1845, but this impression comes from an 1852 publication "Les Peintres vivants," a collection of one hundred prints after living artists. Delacroix must have appreciated Hédouin's work because that same year, according to his Journal, he supplied the etcher with six sketches. Delacroix had an abiding concern for his legacy and one of the ways he hoped to ensure his reputation was through the circulation of his compositions in print.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: La Pietà
  • Artist: After Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
  • Etcher: Edmond Hédouin (French, Boulogne-sur-Mer 1820–1889 Paris)
  • Printer: Delamain
  • Date: 1852
  • Medium: Etching on chine collé; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 12 in. × 16 3/4 in. (30.5 × 42.6 cm)
    Plate: 7 7/8 × 11 in. (20 × 28 cm)
    Image: 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (14.5 × 20 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Donato Esposito, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.279.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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