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Eugène Delacroix, printmaker

Charles Quint, au Monastère de St. Just, 1833

Description

Maker

  • Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863, French, printmaker
  • Godefroy Engelmann, 1788-1839, French, printer

Title

Charles Quint, au Monastère de St. Just

Year

1833

Medium

Lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 16.2 x 16.5 cm (6 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered UC: "Bagatelle. (Journal de France"; LC: "Empereur Charles Quint au Monastère de St. Just"; LR: "Lith. de Engelmann." Stamped with the mark of

Identification

State

i/ii

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

50.105

About

The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sits with his hands at a piano in the monastery of Yuste, his final place of refuge. A member of the monastery leans on the instrument at right. Published in "Bagatelle" in 1833.

Lettered UC: "Bagatelle. (Journal de France"; LC: "Empereur Charles Quint au Monastère de St. Just"; LR: "Lith. de Engelmann." Stamped with the mark of

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Helen M. Danforth

June 21 - September 8, 1985

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