Eugène Delacroix

(French, 1798-1863)

Étude de trois hommes nus

pen and brown ink

stamped ED (L. 838a) (lower left); dated 7 7 57 (lower center)

6 1/4 x 12 in. (15.7 x 30.5 cm.)

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance:

The Artist

His sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, December 16-18, 1912, Lot 119

Rothschild Collection, thence by descent

Sold: Christie's, Paris, Derniers souvenirs de Ferrières (Rothschild sale) November 16, 2023, Lot 85

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited:

Paris, École nationale des Beaux-Arts, Eugène Delacroix au profit de la souscription destinée à élever à Paris un monument à sa mémoire, March 6 - April 15, 1885

Literature:

Alfred Robaut, L'œuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix : peintures, dessins, gravures, lithographies, Paris, 1885, p. 353, n° 1318, illus.

Alfred Robaut, Eugène Delacroix : Fac-similé de dessins et croquis originaux, Paris, 1864, pl. 48, illus.

École nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1885, p. 111, n° 384, illus.