Eugène Delacroix: Sketch for the Battle of Poitiers
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Title |
Sketch for the Battle of Poitiers |
Object type |
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Description |
Study for Le Roi Jean à la Batailles de Poitiers, Louvre Museum
English: Delacroix often preferred to depict subjects from France's medieval past rather than from Greek or Roman antiquity. At the Battle of Poitiers (1356), a decisive episode in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), John II of France was captured by the English forces led by Edward, prince of Wales, known as the Black Prince.
This preparatory sketch is for King John at the Battle of Poitiers, a large canvas now in the Louvre Museum, Paris. It was commissioned by the duchess of Berry, the daughter-in-law of France's last Bourbon monarch, Charles X. This sketch typifies the bold brushwork and vivid colors associated with Delacroix's early work. |
Date |
between 1829 and 1830 date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 64.8 cm (25.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,64.8U174728 ;
with frame: height: 85.7 cm (33.7 in); width: 97.8 cm (38.5 in); depth: 11.4 cm (4.4 in)dimensions QS:P2048,85.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,97.8U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,11.4U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
37.110 |
Object history |
- Delacroix Sale, Paris, February 16-19, 1864, no. 54
- Baron de Laage, 1864, by purchase
- N. V. Diaz Sale, Paris, January 25, 1877, no. 323
- Baron de Beurnonville Sale, Paris, April 29, 1880, no. 14
- Hector Brame, Paris, 1880, by purchase
- Hector Brame Sale, Paris, 1885, no. 214
- L. Tabourier, Paris, 1885
- Tabourier Sale, Paris, June 20, 1889, no. 19
- Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 29, 1899, by purchase [Durand-Ruel as dealer, New York]
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1951. From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1968. French Nineteenth Century Oil Sketches: David to Degas. Ackland Art Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill. 1978. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001. Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 2000-2002. A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004. |
Credit line |
1899: acquired by Henry Walters
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Inscriptions |
Signature bottom right:
ED
scratched in wet paint |
References |
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Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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