Eugène Delacroix
Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains
186392 x 74 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower center: Eug. Delacroix 1863.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Chester Dale Fund
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Johnson 419
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 606
Literature
Andrew Carrington Shelton, Ingres, London; New York, 2008, fig. 124
Provenance
Sold 12 April 1863 by the artist to Tedesco
with Tedesco Frères, Paris
Edouard André, Paris, by 1878 until at least 1885
A. Smit
sold 4 February 1893 to Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris
with Durand-Ruel et Cie, New York, December 1895
sold 6 March 1896 to Matthew Challoner Durfee Borden (1842-1912)
his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 14 February 1913, nr. 77
with Durand-Ruel et Cie, New York
sold 17 February 1913 to James J. Hill (died 1916), St. Paul
his son, Louis W. Hill (1872-1948), St. Paul, by 1930
his son, (James) Jerome Hill (1905-1972), New York and Cassis, France, by 1962
purchased 15 December 1966 by NGA
Other works by Eugène Delacroix
Forest Scene Near Sénart
c. 1850
c. 1850
A Basket of Flowers Overturned in a Park
c. 1848-49
c. 1848-49
Horses at a Fountain
1862
1862
Saint Michael Vanquishing the Demon
1849-61
1849-61
Lion Hunt (compositional study)
1854
1854