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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.91
People
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Title
Lioness Mauling the Chest of an Arab
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un Arabe
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1849
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/355741

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and roulette on chine collé
Technique
Etching and roulette
Dimensions
sheet: 24.2 × 32 cm (9 1/2 × 12 5/8 in.)
chine: 19.3 × 27.2 cm (7 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
plate: 21 × 27.9 cm (8 1/4 × 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed in plate, lower left: Eug. Delacroix. / 1849.
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: SBD 2867
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Delacroix
  • inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: Delacroix "Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un Arabe" 1849 - Rare 1st state - soft ground + roulette / Delteil 24 i/iii Strauber 25 i/iii
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 19013
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: SBD2867

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul Lindgren, California, by descent; to his son, Rich Lindgren, Rio Linda California, sold; to [Denenberg Fine Arts, Inc., West Hollywood, CA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
Delteil/Strauber 25 i of iii

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jakob Rosenberg Fund
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.91
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alfred Robaut and Ernest Chesneau, L'Oeuvre Complet de Eugene Delacorix: Peintures, Dessins, Gravures, Lithographies, Da Capo Press (New York, 1969), p. 290, no. 1095 [reference citation]

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