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Eugène Delacroix

Arabs Traveling
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Maker

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)

Title

Arabs Traveling

Year

1855

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Geography

Place Made: France

Dimensions

54.1 x 65.1 cm (21 5/16 x 25 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed and dated LL:Eug Delacroix. 1855

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

35.786

Type

Provenance

1855 - , Collection of the artist ... Probably by 1856, Count Anatole, Demidoff, Prince of San Donato, Italy[1][2] ... - 1872, Baron Michel de Trétaigne places in a sale at the Hotel Drouot, Paris[3]; 1872- , Purchased by Baronne Nathaniel de Rothschild, England [4] ... By 1930, In the collection of Baron Dr. Henri de Rothschild [5] ... By 1933, Purchased by(Bernheim Gallery) [6] ... 1935, Possibly purchased by (Knoedler & Co.), New York [7] ... 1935, Purchased by (Martin Birnbaum) from (Knoedler & Co.) or from Bernheim Gallery [8]; 1935, Purchased by (RISD Museum), Providence, RI [9]

Publications

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Delacroix accompanied a diplomatic mission to Morocco in 1832, and the experience had a profound influence on his artistic development. He filled many albums with sketches annotated with observations about color and light. On one excursion, he encountered a group of travelers on Arabian horses as they approached a valley. The scene was reimagined by Delacroix in Paris more than 20 years later, recalling the fragility of the sole woman on horseback. Loose brushstrokes create a flickering effect of movement and light across the painting’s surface.

Intermission
Dec 16, 2016 – Jul 02, 2017
European Painting and Sculpture, circa 1770-1937
Oct 18, 1991 – Jan 26, 1992
Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University
Feb 16, 1967 – Apr 02, 1967

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Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Arabs Traveling, 1855
Oil on canvas
54.1 x 65.1 cm (21 5/16 x 25 5/8 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 35.786

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