Description
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) was a French painter and member of the Institut. He received man public commissions and executed numerous monumental murals on classical, historical, and religious themes. He died in Paris in 1863.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] Bottom center: DAVID; [Date] Bottom center: 1828; [Inscription] On left: EUG. DELACROIX; [Inscription] On right: PICTOR; [Inscription] On obverse: FUMIÈRE / ET CIE SUCRS - THIEBAUT FRES / PARIS
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters
