The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, after Delacroix

The artist’s studio (Edgar Degas, 1834-1917);
Collection of Jeanne Fèvre, Nice, France (the artist’s niece);
Sold by the above, 12 June 1934, no. 138, Galerie Charpentier, Paris;
Bought from the above sale by André Schoeller (1879-1955), Paris, for Fr 4,350;
Whereabouts unknown;
Unknown date-1944, collection of Robert Ellissen (1872-1957), Paris;
Appropriated in July 1944 by the Nazi Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (ERR) to the château de Raba, Talence, Gironde, France;
Whereabouts unknown;
Unknown date-18 March 1959, returned to the collection of Jean Ellissen (1899-1978, son of the above Robert Ellissen), Paris;
Sold by the above on 18 March 1959, no. 39, Galerie Charpentier, Paris;
Purchased at the above sale by Galerie Mouradian-Vallotton, Paris, for Fr 520,000;
By 1959 to at least 1970, collection of Galerie Mouradian-Vallotton, Paris;
Purchased from the above in 1970 by René Wehrli (1910-2005), Zurich, director of the Kunsthaus Zurich 1950-1976;
Bequeathed by the above in 2005 to the Zurich Art Society, Kunsthaus Zurich;
Acquired in 2006 by the Kunsthaus Zurich.

Paris. Musée d'Orsay. "Manet / Degas," March 28–July 23, 2023.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Manet / Degas," September 24, 2023–January 7, 2024.