Skip to main content

La Pietà: P.27-2020

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La Pietà
Dernier dessin sur bois d'Eugène Delacroix — Esquisse originale du Tableau La Pieta, peint par lui dans une chapelle de l'Église Saint-Denis-du-Saint-Sacrement

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pothey, Alexandre
Draughtsman: Delacroix, Eugène (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

From 'L'Illustration', 29 August 1863, pp.152–53. Described as Delacroix’s ‘last drawing on wood’. Centre fold; letterpress verso. Drawn directly on the block by the artist and cut by Pothey.

Legal notes

Given by Donato Esposito, 2020

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2020) by Esposito, Donato

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1863

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Sheet Height 380 mm Width 544 mm

Techniques used in production

Letterpress
Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.27-2020
Primary reference Number: 318107
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 3 June 2025 Updated: Monday 9 June 2025 Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "La Pietà" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/318107 Accessed: 2025-12-05 07:22:02

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/318107 |title=La Pietà |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 07:22:02|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-318107

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...