Willibald Gluck at the Clavecin Composing the Score of his "Armide"

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)

1831

Medium/TechniqueBrush and brown washes, heightened with white

DimensionsSheet: 22.7 x 17.4 cm (8 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund and Gift of Various Anonymous Donors in 1968

Accession number68.842

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InscriptionsSigned l. r. in brush and brown wash: "Eug. Delacroix. 1831"ProvenanceMarie Joseph Frédéric Villot (1809-1875, Paris, cf. Lugt 996); Douville; Tony Mayer; Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Tony Mayer Sale, 3 December, 1957, lot 4. 1968, sold by Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984), Forest Hills, NY, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1972)