Eugène Delacroix

Columbus and his son at La Rábida



Eugène Delacroix - Columbus and his son at La Rábida



Eugène Delacroix
Columbus and his son at La Rábida
1838
90.4 x 118.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: Eug. Delacroix. 1838.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Chester Dale Collection


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Johnson 265

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 605


Provenance

Commissioned by Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov (1812-1870), prince of San Donato, near Florence
his sale, 26 boulevard des Italiens, Paris, 21 February 1870, nr. 25
purchased by Edouard André, Paris
purchased 30 November 1887 by Arnold & Tripp, Paris
sold 1 December 1887 to E. Secrétan (died 1899), Paris
his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 13 July 1889, nr. 13
purchased by Durand-Ruel et Cie., New York and Paris
with M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris, by 1890
Peter A.B. Widener (1834-1915), Philadelphia, and Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, by 1892
sold 1910 to M. Knoedler & Co., London and New York, and P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, New York, and Paris
sold to Galerie Georges Petit, Paris
Ferdinand Blumenthal (died 1914), Paris, by 1912
Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt (died 1965), Paris
sold 6 July 1929 to Alex Reid & Lefevre, London one third shares with La Peinture Contemporain, Lucerne, and Peinture Contemporaine, Paris
sold 9 February 1932 to Chester Dale (1883-1962), New York
bequest 1963 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1963.10.127

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Eugène Delacroix Heliodorus Being Driven from the Temple
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