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Eugène Delacroix, printmaker

Macbeth Consultant les Sorcières (Macbeth Consulting the Witches), 1825

Description

Maker

  • Imprimerie Bertauts, 1800 - 1900, French, printer
  • Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863, French

Title

Macbeth Consultant les Sorcières (Macbeth Consulting the Witches)

Year

1825

Medium

Lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Medium weight white wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 36.7 x 25.1 cm (14 7/16 x 9 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered with artist's signature in image LL: "E Delacroix". Lettered UC: "L'ARTISTE"; LC: "MACBETH. TOIL AND TROUBLE: FIRE BURN AND CAULDRON BUBBLE."; LR: "IMP. BERTAUTS, R: RODIER, PARIS."
Stamped with collector's mark of Heinrich Schwarz (Lugt 1372).

Identification

State

v/v

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

50.109

About

Macbeth stands before the bubbling cauldren, arm crossed and sword at his hip, three witches at right.

Lettered with artist's signature in image LL: "E Delacroix". Lettered UC: "L'ARTISTE"; LC: "MACBETH. TOIL AND TROUBLE: FIRE BURN AND CAULDRON BUBBLE."; LR: "IMP. BERTAUTS, R: RODIER, PARIS."
Stamped with collector's mark of Heinrich Schwarz (Lugt 1372).

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Helen M. Danforth

June 21 - September 8, 1985

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Macbeth Consultant les Sorcières (Macbeth Consulting the Witches) with the accession number of 50.109. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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