Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) - Portrait de Mirabeau
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Portrait of Mirabeau, a graphite drawing by Eugène Delacroix (France, 19th century), signed.
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Rare portrait of Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863) who depicted MIRABEAU* in profile.
*Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, « count » of Mirabeau, more commonly called MIRABEAU, born March 9, 1749 in the château de Bignon-Mirabeau, in Loiret, and died April 2, 1791 in Paris, was a French writer, diplomat, journalist and politician, a figure of the French Revolution and one of its founding fathers.
nicknamed « the Hercules of liberty », « the Orator of the People » and « the Torch of Provence », he remains the first symbol of parliamentary eloquence in France
The work bears the red seal "E.D" of Delacroix's posthumous sale of February 21, 1864, it was part of lot 322 ("Mirabeau répondant au marquis de Dreux-Brézé", drawings and sketches, lot of 14 sheets).
This lot of drawings is referenced in the work "l'œuvre complet de Eugène DELACROIX" by Alfred ROBAUT, published in 1885, under number 1562 "Mirabeau et Dreux-Brézé - 1831".
Our drawing is a study of Mirabeau's head for DELACROIX's painting "Mirabeau devant Dreux-Brézé", created in 1831, which is currently in the collections of the Glytoceca Ny Carlsberg Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.
DELACROIX painted several oil sketches of this subject (one of which is in the Delacroix Museum in Paris) as well as several dozen preparatory drawings (see comparative photos).
On June 23, 1789, at Versailles, Henri-Évrard de DREUX-BRÉZÉ was sent by King Louis XVI to ask the deputies, gathered since May for the Estates-General, to separate.
Some deputies protest and refuse to obey, among them MIRABEAU who is said to have exclaimed: « Go tell those who send you that we are here by the will of the people and that we will be torn away only by the power of bayonets ».
A unique opportunity to acquire a drawing representing a major figure of the French Revolution by DELACROIX, one of the greatest French painters in art history !
Pencil on tracing paper pasted onto paper (support often used by DELACROIX)
14.5 × 10.2 cm for the drawing, glued onto a sheet of 18.8 x 13 cm with a cartouche bearing the painter's name (sold without frame for now)
Very good general condition
Seal "E.D" bottom left (referenced Lugt number L.838a)
Photos taken in natural light
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED - Sale with invoice from our gallery
*** We are a gallery specialized in 19th and 20th century paintings and drawings, we are preparing the catalog raisonné of the painter Ferdinand GUELDRY and we work with the major auction houses (Sotheby's, Doyle, Koller...) to authenticate his works.
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Rare portrait of Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863) who depicted MIRABEAU* in profile.
*Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, « count » of Mirabeau, more commonly called MIRABEAU, born March 9, 1749 in the château de Bignon-Mirabeau, in Loiret, and died April 2, 1791 in Paris, was a French writer, diplomat, journalist and politician, a figure of the French Revolution and one of its founding fathers.
nicknamed « the Hercules of liberty », « the Orator of the People » and « the Torch of Provence », he remains the first symbol of parliamentary eloquence in France
The work bears the red seal "E.D" of Delacroix's posthumous sale of February 21, 1864, it was part of lot 322 ("Mirabeau répondant au marquis de Dreux-Brézé", drawings and sketches, lot of 14 sheets).
This lot of drawings is referenced in the work "l'œuvre complet de Eugène DELACROIX" by Alfred ROBAUT, published in 1885, under number 1562 "Mirabeau et Dreux-Brézé - 1831".
Our drawing is a study of Mirabeau's head for DELACROIX's painting "Mirabeau devant Dreux-Brézé", created in 1831, which is currently in the collections of the Glytoceca Ny Carlsberg Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.
DELACROIX painted several oil sketches of this subject (one of which is in the Delacroix Museum in Paris) as well as several dozen preparatory drawings (see comparative photos).
On June 23, 1789, at Versailles, Henri-Évrard de DREUX-BRÉZÉ was sent by King Louis XVI to ask the deputies, gathered since May for the Estates-General, to separate.
Some deputies protest and refuse to obey, among them MIRABEAU who is said to have exclaimed: « Go tell those who send you that we are here by the will of the people and that we will be torn away only by the power of bayonets ».
A unique opportunity to acquire a drawing representing a major figure of the French Revolution by DELACROIX, one of the greatest French painters in art history !
Pencil on tracing paper pasted onto paper (support often used by DELACROIX)
14.5 × 10.2 cm for the drawing, glued onto a sheet of 18.8 x 13 cm with a cartouche bearing the painter's name (sold without frame for now)
Very good general condition
Seal "E.D" bottom left (referenced Lugt number L.838a)
Photos taken in natural light
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED - Sale with invoice from our gallery
*** We are a gallery specialized in 19th and 20th century paintings and drawings, we are preparing the catalog raisonné of the painter Ferdinand GUELDRY and we work with the major auction houses (Sotheby's, Doyle, Koller...) to authenticate his works.
Worldwide secure shipping in a tracked parcel
#exceptionalart26
Details
Artist
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
Title of artwork
Portrait de Mirabeau
Technique
Pencil drawing
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
France
Condition
Good condition
Height
14 cm
Width
10 cm
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Classical
Period
19th century
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