Eugène Delacroix

Lion Mauling a Dead Arab



Eugène Delacroix - Lion Mauling a Dead Arab



Eugène Delacroix
Lion Mauling a Dead Arab
c. 1847-50
22 x 27 cm
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Private collection


Literature

Robaut 1885, nr. 1054
Johnson, 1986, vol. 3, under nr. 178


Exhibitions

1998 Delacroix: The Late Work, Nr. 1

Provenance

Delacroix Atelier, marked at lower right (Lugt 838a)
sold posthumously, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, February 22-27, 1864, nr. 462 (catalogued as a drawing), acquired by M. Normand
Normand collection
Donatis collection, 1885
baron Joseph Vitta collection
Paul Arthur Chéramy collection
sale Chéramy, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, May 5-7, 1908, nr. 303
Jcques Dubourg
Dr. Peter Nathan collection, Zurich
private collection
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