The Muse of Orpheus, by Delacroix

An image of The Muse of Orpheus. Delacroix, Eugène (French, 1798-1863). Pen and ink heightened with oil on paper laid down on canvas, height, canvas, 21.3 cm, width, canvas, 25.5 cm; height, frame, 37.4 cm, width, frame, 44.4 cm, depth, frame, 4 cm, 1845-1847. Production Note: This is a study for one of the four pendentives in the library of the Palais du Luxembourg (Senate), Paris. The decorations of which they form part were begun by Delacroix in the above period.

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The Muse of Orpheus. Delacroix, Eugène (French, 1798-1863). Pen and ink heightened with oil on paper laid down on canvas, height, canvas, 21.3 cm, width, canvas, 25.5 cm; height, frame, 37.4 cm, width, frame, 44.4 cm, depth, frame, 4 cm, 1845-1847. Production Note: This is a study for one of the four pendentives in the library of the Palais du Luxembourg (Senate), Paris. The decorations of which they form part were begun by Delacroix in the above period.

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Accession Number: 2035
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 885 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 797.53kB
Captured: 2009:10:22 15:21:36

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19th Century Delacroix drawing Eugene Delacroix female frame framed French hexagonal muse Muses mythological mythology oil on paper Orpheus pendentive Romanticism study

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