Eugène Delacroix - Lion Hunt



Eugène Delacroix
Lion Hunt
1858
91.7 x 117.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower right: Eug. Delacroix 1858
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
S.A. Denio Collection


Literature

Johnson 204


Exhibitions

1998 Delacroix: The Late Work, Nr. 21

Provenance

anonymous sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 30 March 1863, nr. 9, sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris
1867, sold by Durand-Ruel to Mr. Adolph Edward Borie (born 1809-died 1880), Philadelphia
1880, by descent to his wife, Mrs. Adolph Edward Borie (née Elizabeth Dundas McKean; born 1816-died 1886), Philadelphia
probably sold from the Borie collection to Erwin Davis, New York
Erwin Davis sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 19 March 1889, nr. 143
1895, Durand-Ruel, New York
sold by Durand-Ruel to the MFA, accession date 1 March 1895

External links

Museum of Fine Arts Accession number 95.179

Other works by Eugène Delacroix


Eugène Delacroix Young Woman Attacked by a Tiger
Young Woman Attacked by a Tiger
1856

Eugène Delacroix Lion and Caiman
Lion and Caiman
1855

Eugène Delacroix Arabs Stalking a Lion
Arabs Stalking a Lion
c. 1854

Eugène Delacroix Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard
Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard
1859

Eugène Delacroix Tiger Hunt
Tiger Hunt
1854