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Eugène Delacroix, designer

The Sister of Duguesclin (La Soeur de Duguesclin), 1829

Description

Maker

Title

The Sister of Duguesclin (La Soeur de Duguesclin)

Year

1829

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 29.7 x 20.2 cm (11 11/16 x 7 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered UL: "Chroniques de France"; UR: "Chateua de Pontorson"; LL: "Delacroix fect.", "A Paris chez H Gaugain & Compe Rue Vivienne no.2 et rue de vanguard No.34"; LC: "Soudain courant... s'ecriant: Guesclin!", "October 1829"; LR: "Imp lith. de H. Gaugain", "London by Engelmann Graff... Soho."

Identification

State

iii/iv

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

50.112

About

The sister of Duguesclin charges two invaders with a sword, torch held high in her hand. The soldiers are caught in the window as her maid swoons at right.

Lettered UL: "Chroniques de France"; UR: "Chateua de Pontorson"; LL: "Delacroix fect.", "A Paris chez H Gaugain & Compe Rue Vivienne no.2 et rue de vanguard No.34"; LC: "Soudain courant... s'ecriant: Guesclin!", "October 1829"; LR: "Imp lith. de H. Gaugain", "London by Engelmann Graff... Soho."

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