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Study for ‘La Barque de Dante’: PD.16-2021

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Study for ‘La Barque de Dante’

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Delacroix, Eugène

Entities

Categories

Description

For the figure of Dante in La barque de Dante, dated 1822, now in the Louvre, having been acquired by the French State at the Salon in that year, see L. Johnson, 'The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix' (Paris, 1981), no. 100.

Notes

History note: Artist's studio stamp [L.838]; Daragnès; Christie's, 15 December 2000, lot 175, where acquired by the donor

Legal notes

Given by by Professor Paul Joannides in memory of Lee Johnson, 2021

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2021) by Joannides, Paul

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1822

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Sheet Height 282 mm Width 362 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Black chalk on light brown paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.16-2021
Primary reference Number: 280224
Lugt: 838
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 2 February 2021 Updated: Thursday 3 April 2025 Last processed: Thursday 3 April 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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