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 Amadis de Gaule Delivers a Damsel from Galpan's Castle
Amadis de Gaule Delivers a Damsel from Galpan's Castle
1860

Eugène Delacroix Disciples and Holy Women Carrying Away the Body of Saint Stephen
Disciples and Holy Women Carrying Away the Body of Saint Stephen
1853

Eugène Delacroix Lion and Caiman
Lion and Caiman
1855

Eugène Delacroix Algerian Women in Their Apartment
Algerian Women in Their Apartment
1849

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