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Studies for the Holy Family

Eugène Delacroix
1798-1863

Studies for the Holy Family

9 1/16 x 11 3/8 inches (231 x 289 mm)
Pen and brown ink and brown ink wash with graphite on wove paper.
2009.105

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Notes
This sheet contains four studies of the Holy Family in brown ink and graphite. The four sketches do not directly correspond to known paintings or lithographs, although the female head in the upper right corner is vaguely reminscent of the Virgin's head seen in profile in "The Education of the Virgin," National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, inv. no. R1193 (Lee Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix, A Critical Catalogue. Vol. 3. Oxford, 1986, no. 461, p. 240-241, plate 235).
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department