Eugène Delacroix

Estate of the artist (Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Vente Delacroix, 17-29 February 1864)
J.V. collection (by 1928)
Gerstenberg collection, Berlin
Dieter Scharf, Hamburg
Purchased from the above by the late owner in 1993

Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 83, illustrated in the catalogue
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, no. 101, illustrated in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Colección Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, no. 112, illustrated in the catalogue
Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle,  Eugène Delacroix, 2003-04, no. 97, illustrated in the catalogue

Daniel Jacomet, Eugène Delacroix, vingt aquarelles et onze dessins reproduisant en fac-similé 'L'Album du Maroc' de la Collection J.V..., Paris, 1928, pl. 21, illustrated

The artist's sheet, which is of thin tracing paper, has been laid down onto a backing sheet, with some associated minor wrinkles primarily along the lower edge. This in turn is attached to the backboard at points along the edges. There is a handful of scattered very minor tears at the edges of the sheet no more than a couple of millimeters. There are some tiny spots of paint flaking in the hair of the woman in the lower right quadrant. This work is in good overall condition. Presented framed and under glass with the edges of the sheet visible and not covered by the mat.
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Executed in 1832. In a letter from Tangier to M Duponchel, Director of the Paris Opera, dated 23 February 1832, Delacroix noted: 'The Jewish women are also very handsome and their dress is most picturesque. I have witnessed a number of their ceremonies...' (Edited by Jean Stewart, Eugène Delacroix, Selected Letters, 1813-1863, 1954, p. 185)