Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property from a European Private Collection
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix
Hésiode et la Muse
Auction Closed
July 6, 10:38 AM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix
Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798 - 1863 Paris
Hésiode et la Muse
Oil and pen and ink on paper, laid on canvas;
with the 'Vente Delacroix' red wax seal on the reverse
235 by 267 mm
The Artist's Estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Vente Eugène Delacroix, 17-19 February 1864, lot 19 (as Numa et Egerie),
probably purchased at the sale by Achille Piron;
Normand Collection (probably acquired from the above),
thence by descent;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 November 2012, lot 3
probably purchased at the sale by Achille Piron;
Normand Collection (probably acquired from the above),
thence by descent;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 November 2012, lot 3
E. Delacroix, Journal, I, 463;
A. Robaut, L’œuvre complet d’Eugène Delacroix, Paris 1885, no. 848, (catalogued with incorrect measurements 24 by 30cm.);
Eugène Delacroix, Mémorial de l’exposition organisée à l’occasion du centennaire de l’artiste, Paris 1963, p. 282;
L. Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix. The Public Decorations and their Sketches. A Critical Catalogue, Oxford 1989, vol. V, p. 57, no. L223 (with incorrect measurements 24 by 30cm.)
A. Robaut, L’œuvre complet d’Eugène Delacroix, Paris 1885, no. 848, (catalogued with incorrect measurements 24 by 30cm.);
Eugène Delacroix, Mémorial de l’exposition organisée à l’occasion du centennaire de l’artiste, Paris 1963, p. 282;
L. Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix. The Public Decorations and their Sketches. A Critical Catalogue, Oxford 1989, vol. V, p. 57, no. L223 (with incorrect measurements 24 by 30cm.)