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Ceres: 2034

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Current Location: Gallery 2

Titles

Ceres

Maker(s)

Painter: Delacroix, Eugène

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Notes

History note: Delacroix sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 17-19 February 1864 (39), bt. Dagu; probably coll. G.P. Boyce; his sale, Christie's, 1-3 July 1897 (234), bt. C.H. Shannon; C. Ricketts, R.A. and C.H. Shannon, R.A.

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.7 cm
Width: 37.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1840s
1850s
1849 - 1853

Note

This is a study for one of the ceiling panels in a series of decorations painted by Delacroix in the Salon de la Paix in the Hôtel de ville, Paris.

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: B275
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Christie stencil
  • Type: Stencil
  • Text: 574 (or 571)
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Cerès Hotel de Ville
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: MS label in Rickett's handwriting
  • Type: Label
  • Text: The property of G.P. Boyce, 14 Chatham Place, Blackfriars
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Cérès au milieu des moissons. Esquire d'une des figures occupant les caissons de l'encadrement du plaford dans l' hôtel de Ville de Paris. Salon de la Paix. 1853. par Eugène Delacroix
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: ED
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Red wax
  • Type: Seal
  • Text: Messrs Ricketts & Shannon
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Circular MS label
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 2034
Primary reference Number: 2614

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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