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Eugène Delacroix

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Oil sketch of two standing men in white pleated Suliote costumes with embroidered jackets and gold-ornamented shoes.

Two studies of Suliote costumes

1824

Painting of a seated nude woman with an updo on a draped wooden block against a green background.

Mademoiselle Rose

1817

Interior of a striped room with a red canopied bed, a sofa, gilt portraits, a bookcase and a hanging chandelier.

L'appartement du comte de Mornay

1831

Painting of a woman in red drapery lying across a tiger in a wooded landscape with tall reeds and a clay jug.

Inderin, von einem Tiger zerrissen

1856

Painting of a crouching lioness with bared teeth on a grassy slope, with misty mountains behind her under a blue sky.

Lionne prête à s'élancer

1863

Painting of a turbaned rider with a raised sword on a rearing grey horse fighting a lion in a dark landscape.

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion

1849-50

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair and feathered headpiece, wearing a black velvet dress with gold trim and yellow

Bildnis der Madame François Simon

1829

Painting of mourners lifting Christ's body inside a rocky cave beneath a stormy sky, with a woman in dark blue at right.

Beweinung Christi

1857

Loose oil sketch of an apotheosis: an armored man in red rising among nude figures, putti, and clouds, with a lion below.

Apotheose des Herzogs von Buckingham

1833

Painting of a bearded man in red robe and green cloak lying on grass beside a stream, with dark trees and a glowing sky behin

The Agony in the Garden

1851

Loose oil study of a figure in yellow embroidered jacket, red sash and black cloak, holding a jeweled box, seen from behind.

Figure in Turkish Costume

c. 1856-1863

Oil portrait of a young blond child in a blue garment against a dark background, by Eugène Delacroix.

Marguerite-Juliette Pierret

c. 1827

Painting of monks conversing in an arched corridor with a bearded man in red and a seated figure on a bench.

Christopher Columbus and His Son at La Rábida

1838

Painting of armed riders and men fighting in a mountain valley, with a rearing horse, fallen figures, smoke and a hilltop cas

Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains

1863

Reddish-brown horse tethered by a rope to a wooden post on a sandy plain under a dramatic, cloudy sky.

A Horse Hitched to a Post

c. 1820

Two Studies of a Standing Indian from Calcutta

c. 1823/1824

Two painted studies of a man in white robes, one standing with a cane and one seated in a chair, against a dark background.

Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

c. 1823/1824

Painting of a crouching tiger snarling at a snake coiled around a tree trunk, with a rocky hillside behind.

Tiger and Snake

1862

Circular oil sketch by Delacroix of allegorical figures among clouds under a blue sky, with a garland and kneeling figures be

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris. La Paix vient consoler les hommes et leur ramène l'abo…

1854

Oil sketch of Mercury crouching in a winged helmet beside a sailing ship and a winged figure, in warm reds and golds.

Mercure : Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

1852

Oil sketch of Neptune reclining with a trident amid dark blue waves, framed in ochre, by Eugène Delacroix.

Neptune apaisant les flots : Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

1852

Oil sketch of a reclining helmeted woman in blue drapery beside a lyre and tree, within a gold oval border.

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Minerve

1852

Oil sketch of Hercules in a red cloak raising a club while wrestling the centaur Nessus under a blue sky.

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule tuant le centaure Nessus

1852

Sketch of a half-nude hero with a bow beside a rearing horse, a fallen warrior and sword below, blue sky.

Esquisse pour le Salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule vainqueur d'Hippolyte, reine des Amazones

1852

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and black bow tie against a dim brown background.

Portrait d'Eugène Laval (1818-1896), architecte

1860

Oil painting of a haloed young woman reading a book with an older woman, a bearded man behind, and two putti above with roses

L'éducation de la Vierge, d'après Rubens

1839

Loose oil sketch of mounted warriors trampling figures across a smoky, fiery landscape with distant mountains and a blue bann

Esquisse pour la bibliothèque du palais Bourbon : Attila suivi de ses hordes barbares foule aux pieds l'Italie et les…

1844

Painting of a turbaned rider with a raised sword on a rearing white horse, a fallen figure below, under a stormy sky.

Le Combat du Giaour et du Pacha

1835

Painting of a dead hare hanging upside down against a dark rock wall, with a muted landscape visible to the right.

Hare

Pen and watercolor sketch of turbaned men in white robes on horses with red saddle cloths, with handwritten colour notes.

Sketchbook

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and high collar, leaning on a red wooden chair against a warm brown background.

Portrait of Count Charles de Mornay

1837

Painting of nymphs in a wooded meadow, one kneeling with flowers as a serpent appears in the grass below.

The Spring - Eurydice bitten by a serpent while picking flowers (Eurydice's death)

1856

Painting of nude nymphs bathing in a forest stream as a horned hunter and a dog approach from the right bank.

The Summer - Diana surprised by Actaeon

1856

Painting of Bacchus reaching toward reclining Ariadne by a cliff, with a flying cupid holding a garland and leopards nearby.

The Autumn - Baccus and Ariadne

1856

Loose painted scene of a red-robed goddess in storm clouds above a sea, with a man and struggling figures on rocks below.

The Winter - Juno beseeches to destroy Eneas' Fleet

1856

Loose painted scene of a lion hunt with a rearing horse and rider at center, tumbling lions and fallen figures below.

Chasse aux lions

1854

Figures haul a wooden boat onto a rocky shore below a hilltop town with white walls, under a cloudy sky.

View of Tangier from the Seashore

1856

Painting of a crowded North African street with dancing men, a rider with a green banner, and onlookers on rooftops.

The Fanatics of Tangier

1837

Painting of two seated men and a standing woman in robes before a long city wall and white buildings under a cloudy sky.

View of Tangier

1852

Painting of a seated man in red robes and white turban beside a standing chestnut horse at dusk, with a campfire.

Arab Rider

1854

Two women read an open book together on a garden bench, with a dog and roses beside them under trees.

聖母の教育

1852

Two horses with a rider in red emerge from the sea onto a shore, with a distant town and cloudy sky behind.

Horses coming out of the sea

1860

Painting of a muscular man carrying a limp woman in white while a kneeling woman in red reaches toward them beside an altar.

Hercules and Alcestis

1862

Men carry a shrouded body down steps into a dark cave tomb as a torch-bearer and mourning woman look on.

Christ Carried Down to the Tomb

1859

Oval painting of a woman in a red veil with gold trim and red embroidered dress against a green background.

Halbfigur einer Marokkanerin

Painting of a mountain lake landscape with a dark horse, seated woman, child with a dog, and figures in red near a hut.

Ovid among the Scythians

1859

Painting of a winged angel wrestling a man beneath dark gnarled trees, with a glowing sky and stream beyond.

Jakob ringt mit dem Engel

1850

Full-length portrait of a young man in black dress, standing by a stone balustrade with foliage and a dusk landscape behind h

Porträt des Baron Schwiter

1826

Oil still life of a bouquet of mixed flowers in a white urn with grapes and fruit on a warm ochre background.

Still-life of flowers

1834

Painting of figures in a small boat struggling against stormy dark waves, with one figure's arms raised.

Christ on the Sea of Galilee

1841

Painting of a shipwreck in turbulent surf, with figures near a dark rocky cave and a broken boat on the waves.

Shipwreck on the Coast

1862

Painting of Christ on a cross at night with a grieving woman in red drapery at its base beneath a stormy sky.

Saint Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross

1829

Loose painted scene of a chaotic camp skirmish with tents, mounted fighters, a cannon and hills under a pink sky.

Botzaris Surprises the Turkish Camp and Falls Fatally Wounded

1860

Watercolor of a white horse rearing in fright under a dark stormy sky with lightning.

Horse Frightened by Lightning

1825

Painting of a red-robed rider on a rearing white horse raising a sword as a spotted jaguar attacks from the right.

Rider Attacked by a Jaguar

1855

Painting of two turbaned riders fighting on rearing horses, with a fallen figure and dropped sword in the foreground under a

Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha

1835

Painting of horses drinking at a stone fountain near a walled town with a tower, robed riders, and a dog in the foreground.

Horses at a Fountain

1862

Painting of a man in a red cloak with a laurel branch facing a laurel-crowned seated priestess beside an altar and serpent-wr

Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia

1835

Oil painting of a Moroccan street scene with a shadowed archway, a seated man in white robes, and two women at left.

Street in Meknes

1832

Lioness

Oil painting of a seated nude woman with curly hair resting one arm on a reddish cloth against a dark background.

Seated Nude (Mademoiselle Rose)

1820

Painted study of hollyhocks, sunflower, lilac and dahlias on a grey-brown background.

Untitled [flowers]

1850

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ in a dark setting, with a red cloth and a kneeling figure in white.

Pietà

1850

Dark painting of a violinist in a black coat playing violin, lit against a shadowy background.

Paganini

1831