Inscription
lower left: Eug. Delacroix. 1838.
Provenance
Commissioned by Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov [1812-1870], prince of San Donato, near Florence; (his sale, 26 boulevard des Italiens, Paris, 21 February 1870, no. 25);[1] purchased by Edouard André, Paris, for 38,000 francs;[2] purchased 30 November 1887 by (Arnold & Tripp, Paris); sold 1 December 1887 to E. Secrétan [d. 1899], Paris;[3] (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 13 July 1889, no. 13, 30,187 francs); purchased by (Durand-Ruel et Cie., New York and Paris);[4] (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris), by 1890;[5] Peter A.B. Widener [1834-1915], Philadelphia, and Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, by 1892;[6] sold 1910 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London and New York, and P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, New York, and Paris);[7] sold to (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris);[8] Ferdinand Blumenthal [d. 1914], Paris, by 1912;[9] Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt [d.1965], Paris; sold 6 July 1929 to (Alex Reid & Lefevre, London); one third shares with (La Peinture Contemporain, Lucerne, and Peinture Contemporaine, Paris);[10] sold 9 February 1932 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
Associated Names
André, EdouardArnold & Tripp
Blumenthal, Ferdinand
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Dale, Chester
Demidov, prince of San Donato, Anatoly Nikolaievich
Durand-Ruel et Cie
Galerie Georges Petit
Knoedler & Company, M.
Knoedler & Company, M.
Pecci-Blunt, Cecil Charles, Count
Peinture Contemporain, La
Sale, Paris
Secrétan, E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown
Exhibition History
- 1878
- Tableaux anciens et modernes exposés au profit du Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais des Tuileries, Pavillon de Flore, Paris, 1878, no. 80
- 1885
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1885, no. 239A (Supplement)
- 1928
- Oeuvres d'Eugène Delacroix, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Paris, 1928
- 1930
- Exposition Eugène Delacroix, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1930, no. 91
- 1931
- Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris, Part I, "Exposition rétrospective de la section de synthèses," Musée Permanent des Colonies, Paris, 1931, unnumbered, repro., as Christophe Colomb découvrant l'Amérique.
- 1932
- Taste of Today in Masterpieces of Painting before 1900, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1932, no cat.
- 1965
- The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
- 1975
- The European Vision of America, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Cleveland Museum of Art; Grand Palais, Paris, 1975-1977, no. 277, repro. (shown in Washington only, 1975-1976).
- 1979
- French Romanticism, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
- 1856
- Silvestre, Théophile. Histoire des artistes vivants, français et étrangers. Etudes d'après nature. Paris, 1856: 81.
- 1870
- Gautier, Théophile. "Collections San Donato." L'Illustration 55 (1870): 101, repro.
- 1873
- Moreau, Adolphe. Delacroix et son oeuvre. Paris, 1873: 250 (the reproductive engraving by Braquemond, 94, no. 27).
- 1885
- Ponsonailhe. Charles. "L'Exposition de l'oeuvre d'Eugène Delcroix." L'Artiste 9th ser., no. XXIII (1885): 177.
- 1885
- Robaut, Alfred. L'Oeuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix, peintures, dessins, gravures, lithographies. Paris, 1885: 178, no. 659.
- 1916
- Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Delacroix raconté par lui-même. 2 vols. Paris, 1916: I:192, fig. 180.
- 1930
- Escholier, Raymond. "Delacroix voyageur." Revue de l'Art Ancien et Moderne 57 (1930): 13-48.
- 1930
- Hourticq, Louis. Delacroix, l'oeuvre du mâitre. Paris, 1930: 69, repro.
- 1930
- Joubin, André. "Quinze jours en Espagne avec Delacroix, 16-30 mai 1832." Revue de l'Art Ancien et Moderne 57 (1930): 49-56.
- 1932
- Art News 30, no. 28 (April 1932): 6, repro. on cover.
- 1941
- Catalogue of French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 7-8, pl. XIV.
- 1941
- Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Now the Great French 19th Century in the National Gallery." Art News 40, no. 17 (December 15-31, 1941):repro. p. 18
- 1941
- "The Chester Dale Pictures on loan to the National Gallery of Art." Magazine of Art 34 no. 9 (November 1941): 476+, repro.
- 1942
- French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23, repro.
- 1944
- French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 23, repro.
- 1951
- Lambert, Elie. "Delacroix et l'Espagne." La Revue des Arts (September 1951): 168, 170.
- 1952
- Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1952: 148, color repro.
- 1953
- French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 25, repro.
- 1959
- Evans, Grose. French Painting of the 19th Century in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1959 (Booklet Number Two in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 16, color repro.
- 1963
- Huyghe, René. Delacroix. New York, 1963: 294, 303.
- 1963
- Johnson, Lee. Delacroix. London, 1963: pl. 32.
- 1963
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 323, repro.
- 1965
- Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 33, repro.
- 1965
- Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 40.
- 1966
- Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:408, color repro.
- 1968
- National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 33, repro.
- 1971
- Trapp, Frank A. The Attainment of Delacroix. Baltimore, 1971: 115, 193-194, fig. 113.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 100, repro.
- 1976
- Honour, Hugh. "L'Image de Christophe Colomb." La Revue du Louvre 4 (1976): 261-262, repro.
- 1981
- Johnson, Lee. The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix. 6 vols. Oxford, 1981: 3:84-85, no. 265; 4:pl. 82.
- 1984
- Georgel, Pierre. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Delacroix. Paris, 1984: 107, no. 339, repro. 106.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 423, no. 605, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 123, repro.
- 1993
- Luxenberg. Alisa. "Over the Pyrenees and through the Looking-Glass..." In Spain, Espagne, Spanien: Foreign Artists Discover Spain. Exh. cat. The Equitable Gallery in Association with the Spanish Institute, New York, 1993: 17-18, repro.
- 1997
- Jobert, Barthélémy. Delacroix. Princeton, 1997: no. 225, repro.
- 2000
- Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 220-228, color repro.
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