Eugène Delacroix
1798-1863
A Persian Horseman with a Lance
ca. 1820-1827
6 5/16 x 8 inches (161 x 203 mm)
Watercolor and opaque watercolor over black chalk.
2017.61
Thaw Collection.
Notes
Years before his 1832 trip to North Africa, Delacroix developed an interest in depicting objects from Islamic cultures. He discovered examples to study and copy among the miniatures, coins, and manuscripts in the royal library and works on view at the Louvre. Delacroix also owned a copy made by his friend Géricault after a Persian miniature (Bazin 2635). The original that served as the basis for this scene has yet to be identified.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and brown ink at lower right: "Eug Delacroix".
Associated names
Perls, Hugo, former owner.
Wetmore, Edith, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Wetmore, Edith, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, "Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection", 2017. Exh. cat., no. 92, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 80.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 80.
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