DELACROIX Eugène (1798-1863).
Black pencil drawing on tracing paper mounted on paper.
Provenance: Bears the stamp of the posthumous sale of 1864 (Lugt 838a) which is part of Lot 292.
Appears in the catalogue of Delacroix's work by Alfred Robaut, published in 1885, under number 1116.
Gilded wooden frame, from the 19th century.
Dimensions without frame: H 19 x W 31 cm.
This is a study for the lower part of the monumental fresco on the ceiling of the Apollo Gallery in the Louvre Museum, not retained for the final version.
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