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At the sale of his work in 1864, 9140 works were attributed to Delacroix, including 853 paintings, 1525 pastels and water colours, 6629 drawings, 109 lithographs, and over 60 sketch books. [40] The number and quality of the drawings, whether done for constructive purposes or to capture a spontaneous movement, underscored his explanation ...
The Shipwreck of Don Juan is an 1840 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. [1] It depicts a scene from Lord Byron epic poem Don Juan. [2] Don Juan and others are adrift in the Mediterranean in a ship's boat following a shipwreck. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1841.
Shipwreck on the Coast is an 1862 maritime painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. [1] [2] It drew inspiration from the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. [3] Viewed from a rocky coastline it shows a completely dismasted vessel. [4] It was part of a thriving tradition in nineteenth century art depicting shipwrecks. [5]
In 1832, while in Morocco as part of a French diplomatic mission, Delacroix witnessed the devotional activities of members of the Isawiyya brotherhood in Tangiers. Initially the artist did a sketch from his memories of the event, then later several watercolors, and finally four of five years later this painting. [3]
The Barque of Dante (French: La Barque de Dante), also Dante and Virgil in Hell (Dante et Virgile aux enfers), is the first major painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, and is a work signalling the shift in the character of narrative painting, from Neo-Classicism towards Romanticism. [1]
The Prisoner of Chillon (French: Le Prisonnier de Chillon) is an 1834 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. [1] It depicts a scene from the 1816 poem of the same title by the British writer Lord Byron set in the sixteenth century. [2]
Between 1838 and 1847 Delacroix was commissioned to create oil paintings for the ceiling of the Chamber of Deputies in the Palais Bourbon, including the five domes of the 42-metre-long main hall and two half domes above the apses, each closing off the 10-metre-wide apses. [2]
Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius is an 1844 painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. A preliminary sketch by Delacroix is also kept at the museum.