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| Keywords: Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Cross - Walters 3762 (2).jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749467 Creator Eugène Delacroix en Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left and on the right are two mounted Roman soldiers with billowing banners Other onlookers are visible in the mid-ground Although not a practicing Christian Delacroix painted a number of New Testament subjects Evidently he was attracted to the drama of Christ's Passion and was endeavoring to deal with issues of personal faith raised by Christ's human and divine nature When this work was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1847 the critics enthusiastically praised it noting its affinities with Crucifixion scenes by the great Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens 1846 Oil on canvas cm 80 64 2 ; Framed H with build-up 43 5/8 x W 37 3/16 x D 5 1/4 in 110 81 x 94 46 x 13 34 cm accession number 37 62 16288 van Isaker Antwerp March 16 1847 by purchase sold by the artist together with an Odalisque van Cuyck Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown Bonnet Collection Sale Paris February 19 1853 no 10 Collections of Bréville Solar Osiris Gavet Fanien date and mode of acquisition unknown Georges Petit 1856-1920 date of acquisition unknown by purchase according to Robaut Collections Defoer Sale Paris May 22 1886 no 16 William T Walters city Baltimore Montaignac as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1886 Eug Delacroix 1846 Exhibited at the Salon 1847 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 From Ingres to Gauguin French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1951 From Delacroix to Cézanne French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century Art Gallery University of Maryland College Park; Speed Art Museum Louisville; The University of Michigan Museum of Art Ann Arbor 1977-1978 Paris-New York a Continuing Romance Wildenstein Company New York 1977 A Baltimorean in Paris George A Lucas 1860-1909 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 The Art of the July Monarchy France 1830-1848 Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Missouri - Columbia Columbia 1989-1990 Eugène Delacroix 1798 1863 Paintings Drawings and Prints from North American Collections The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1991 Delacroix les dernières années Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris 1998-1999 Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute Dayton 2000-2002 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 Eugène Delacroix Fundación la Caixa Barcelona; Fundación la Caixa Barcelona 2011-2012 place of origin Walters Art Museum license 2D Religious paintings by Eugène Delacroix 19th-century paintings of the Crucifixion of Christ Salon of 1847 French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Roman legionary soldiers in art 1840s paintings from France 1846 paintings | ||||
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